PEACE
O child ot mine hull marry
man who bus used force against
hi brother man!" declared Car
melius Foote, doggedly. And a he
poke he confronted hi shrinking
daughter, A robot1, who had Just said
goodnight at th door to gallant Will
Camp, recently home from the Philip
pine war, and tlll wearing hl ststued
blue uniform.
Old Carmellu Foot was Haunch,
not to any rabid, advocate of universal
peace. Some of hla progenitor ou the
maternal aide had boon Quaker, and
he had Inherited enough of the pacific
spirit of William Petm and hla follow
ers to combat everything that aavored
of physical force with a nercenes and
Intolerance that would hav made a
captalu ot horse tnvluclble. He bad
had great hoie ot the peace, confer
enee summoned by the Caar ot Russia;
and Just uow he was particularly Indig
nant and tllsiiusted by the fact that
Immediately after that conference, the
two most enlightened nation ot the
world were each engaged lu wan of
moan proportion. He had toruiei
for days against all men of war, and
declared them to be. without exception,
nmiimttr nf the devil' kingdom. And
now to have this young American sol
dier, ttlll clad In hi lulqultout livery,
darkening hla doors a a aultor for bis
.lunoMur'a tmml wni too much. No
wonder the old man flew Into a ungod
lv and Inconsistent passion. No won
der he siwke harshly a he did to his
nreltv daughter, ami no womicr sne,
kuowlng her father1 determined and
Immovable nature, burst Into tear and
tol awav upstair to face the shadow
which bad auddeuly blotted out ber
happy dream.
As Amber left the room, sobbing.
her mother turned, almost defiantly,
toward Carmellu. "You know they
have thought the world of each other
ever sluee they were children, sue
cried. "It Isn't because Will ha beeu
to the war that Amber lovee him, or
even admires him, though there are
lots of girls who are after him Just
for that. Amber ami be were a goou
as engaged long before the war, and
It I cruel for you to separate them Just
because Will obeyed his country's call
and went to defend It against those
Philippine, rebels."
"Philippine rebels!" snorted Carme
llu. "Great danger (hi country was
In from them! 1 told Will Camp be
fore he went that If be wanled to have
anything more to do with Amber bed
better layat home and 'leud to the
of peace. But no-off be
went, with a lot of other craayhcadeel
young fellows, and now be come hark.
talued with the blood of hla brother
man, and dare to come courting of
mr daughter Just the ame In-fore,
1 tell you, I won't have It!" The old
man' voice rose so shrilly that Amber
heard It. as she lay sobbing on ber lit
tie bed upstair. "The next time he
come. I'll send him borne. I'll tell hlin
nrF tit i-roxS mv threshold again. I'll
live him to understand that when I say
a thing I mean It!"
The man of peace beat the air with
his list and then struck the table a re
Hounding thump. "No man who use
force against his brother man shall
marry s child of miner be repeated.
"Let Will Camp understand that!
Once for all. I ay that I won't have
him here courting Amber. I'll cud
him bomo if ho come."
Old Carmellu Foots wa a good as
bis word. He met Will Camp at the
gate the next Sunday evening, and
Mrs. Foote ami Amber beard the voice
of the two men raised In angry dispute.
Then the young man whirled abruptly
on bis beet and strode away. Amber
burled her woebegone face on her
mother' shoulder, and her whole body
hook with sob. It seemed to her that
that quick. Indignant turning away of
her lover meant the end of ber first
and only romance. For she said to
herself that he could never love any
body but Will, and If he and her father
had come to be enemies, of course, the
whole matter must end.
For days there wa scarcely a word
spoken between the three member of
the Foote family. Cnrmellua wa grim
ly determined, and went about with a
face like flint. Ill wife wa Indig
nantly silent. 8ho never spoke to him
except when absolutely obliged to, and
then In scarcely anything but monosyl
lable. Amber attended to ber house
hold dutle with drooping face and
dark rings under ber eye, wa like a
flower that had been trodden on and
was at length lifting Itself pitifully,
but never to stand erect again.
Wednesday was pie baking day at
the Foote farm. Next to universal
peace, Carmellu' great bobby was
pies. He ale them three time a day,
and seldom consumed less than half a
pie at a meal. All kinds of pies were
grateful to his palate, and he throve
upon them famously, In spite of the
printed protests of hyglenlsts. Conse
quently, ple-baklng day wa a very Im
portant occasion In the Foote house
hold. All day long the rolling pin
thumped over the dough board; the
spice boxes shed their aroma abroad;
the pile of sliced fruit and mincemeat
and the bowl of yellow custard and
lemon flavored starcb were devoured
by cavernous crust lined pie plate,
and the oven door creaked and clang
ed. By mid-afternoon the "buttery"
shelve and window sills were covered
thickly with pie, and Carmellu would
come In from bis work, sniff of them,
and go out again with a look of toler
ant satisfaction on bis set face.
It wa the Wednesday after Will
Camp had been forbidden the houe,
and Carmellu had Just como in to sniff
of the pies, when there was a loud
knock at the kitchen door. Carmellu
answered It. There stood four ragged,
unkempt and desperate looking tramp.
"Well, what do you want?" demand
ed Carmellu.
"Them pie," responded the spokes
man of the hungry looking crew, with
a significant Jerk ot the thumb to
ward the pantry. "We see some of 'em
on the winder sill and we smelt 'em."
Old Carmellu tbrank a little, in
spite of himself. The farm house was
at a distance from the village. The
nearest neighbor wa Will Camp's
father. The tramp were young, vigor
ous and desperately hungry. Besides,
there were four of tbem.
"You can have one pie," said Car-
mollus at length, grudgingly.
"Thank ye, boss, but we'd prefer 'em
all," wa the cool reply. "One pie
wouldn't go far with u feller."
Carmellu' whole soul rose up In de
fense of bis precious pies. "You can't
have 'em." be said, doggedly. "Get
ADVOCATE
outr And be shut the door In the
tramps' face ami locked It.
Scarcely had be returned to hi terri
fied wife ami daughter, when there
waa a grating sound In the pautry.
The pie were Ining removed from th
sill of the open wlmlowt Then the
three plainly beard a man climb over
the IU and drop down tuto the pantry.
There wa no strategy shout It. Th
tramp understood their physical ad
vantage, and they wanted the pie.
Carmellu opened the pantry door
and looked In, A man stood with his
back toward him, stowing pies away
In an old sack. Three fierce, Intent
face filled up the open window space.
Carmellu shut the door, stamped
across the kitchen and banged the table
savagely with hi fist Then be kicked
a chair half way aero the roam. Few
thing were capable of stirring him to
such wrath as the los of a pie. Final
ly, he unlocked the kltcheu door and
limped out to the bam. J He stood
glowering there In th door as the
tramps departed with a tack full ot
plea.
A week passed. There had been
new pie baking day In the Interim, am)
the Foote were not disturbed. But
when the larder had once more fallen
empty and was being restocked with
the savory disks, tbo tame gaug sud
denly reappeared, and ouce more lit
erally wicked the pantry. Carmellus
waa furious a furious that be went
without pie for a fortnight, hoping
thus to outwit and defeat the tramp;
tor be was a man of peace. But not
a ragged outcast appeared during that
time. On the third Wednesday be or
dered a pie baking again, and Juat a
the last pie wa out ot the oven the
ragged quartette came douching iuto
the farm yard.
Carmellu Foote wa harnessing a
horse In the barn when he first saw
them. Stripping off all but the head
stall, be led the horse to the grain box
and cllmled from theuce to It bare
back. Then be thundered out of the
barn ami down the road.
In an amaxingly short space of time
he waa eeu returning, sen ted at Will
Camp's side In the tatter's light buggy.
Will bad his soldier clothe on, and bl
gun rested against the edge of the. seat
between the two men. The buggy rat
tled Into the farm yard and Will Camp
leaped out, leaving Carmellu to bitch
the horse to the fence with his slow
old finger. The young soldier burst
Into the bouse Just In time to see the
tramp In the pantry crawling over the
sill after a sack of pie which he bad
delivered to bis companion. Will
Camp appeared at the window, with
his Sprlugtleld rifle at bl shoulder.
"Set down that b.ig and glir be cried,
with a vernacular snap lacking to pro
per military language. The tramp
dropped their sack with a great clatter
of crockery, ami ran belter-skelter for
the wood.
A miter and Will were standing side
by side, laughing happily, when Car
melius Foote, ex-peace advocate and
exemplar, came Into the kitchen, Hush
ed and chuckling.
"They might Just a well bav taken
the pie," he tald. "I don't know
who'd touch 'etn now. But we've
saved the plate anyhow, and I reckon
by the way they tkedaddled, the dirty
raicala will never turn up again. Moth
er, hadn't you better ask Will to stay
to tea ?' Portland Transcript.
Where Pure Air Is Found
The chemical composition of the at
mosphere differ little, If at all, where-
over the sample lie taken; whether It be
on the high Alp or at the surface of tbe
sea the relation of oxygen to nitrogen
and other constituent I the tame. The
favorable effects, therefore, of a change
of air are not to be explained by any
difference In the proportion of Ita gna
eou constituent. One Important dif
ference, however, I the bacteriologic
al one. The air of high altitude con
tains no microbes, and Is. In fact, tter-
lle, while near tho ground and ome 100
feet above It microbe are abundant
In the air of towna and crowded places
not only does tbe mlcroblc Impurity In
crease, but other Impurities, sucb as
tbe products of combustion of coal, ac
crue also. Several Investigators nave
found trace's of hydrogen and certain
hydrocarbona In the air and especially
In the air of pine, oak and birch for
ests. It Is to these bodies, doubtlcs.
consisting of traces of essential oils, to
which the curative properties of cer
tain health resort are ascribed.
Thus the locality of a fir forest la said
to give relief In diseases of the resplra
tory tract. But, all the same, these
tracea of essential oil and aromatic pro
ducts must be counted, strictly speak
Ing, as Impurities, since they are not
necessary constituent of tbe air. As
recent analyses have shown, these
bodies tend to disappear In the air as
a higher altitude I reached, until they
disappear altogether. It would seem,
therefore, that mlcrotie, hydrocarbon
and entitle other than oxygen and nit
rogen, are only Incidental to the neigh.
borhood ot human Industry, animal
life, damp and vegetation.
Ufe-Saving Politeness.
Patriotism and politeness are great
virtue, and a Japanese physician,
Doctor Aovama, owe his llfo to the
fact that he possessed them both In
high degree.
Ho bad caught tho plague, and was
dying for need of the food which, In
his delirium, be refused to take. Ills
nurse wa In despair, but finally con
ceived the Idea of playing upon bl
patriotism by filling a gins with liquid
nourishment and then offering to drink
to tbe health of the mikado,
Thl wns repeated until, ardent
patriot as be was, the doctor felt that
he bad honored hi sovereign enough.
Then hi politeness wa appealed to,
the nurse proposing a toast and re
proachlng the sick man for not Joining
It It. In thl way the patient' strength
was maintained until the delirium sub
sided and be became convalescent.
Shocking
"How many youthful criminal there
are nowaday."
"Ob, that' notblug new. Year ago
the leader of all the pirate wa ouly a
Kldd." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Bending Corpse to 8ca.
Wben dead bodies are entered as a
cargo on a ship, they are often record
ed on the Invoice a "statuary" or
"natural history specimens" to allay
the superstitious fears of the crew.
What the world really needs Is an
eleventh commandment; Thou tbalt
not gossip.
ELEPHANTS IN THI WATEH,
Thy Were Ike Only Anlmala Thai
Mrctt Themselves la "hlpwreeh.
When a number of elephants ar ship
ped a strong structure Is erected on
deck and there they are stabled, chain
ed by the feet. No doubt l i an enter
gency they could easily walk away
with their chains and the deck flooring,
throwing the stable aside If It offered
any Impediment to their progress and
the door happened to be shut Kit
pliant, fortunately, are not alwtys put
ting forth tbelr pro wens aud the chains
In ordinary weather and ordinary clr
cumstauce keep them sufficiently In
check. About twenty years ago Will
iam Jamrach, who bad mad fortune,
was returning from India wltb cargo
of elephants, black panthers, tigers,
cheetah, leopards, hyenas, apes, ser
pent, oraug outanga and rare bird of
all kinds, H valued tbe lot at 105,000.
Th Agra-tbat was the nam of the
ship he waa coming bom ou waa
winging at ber anchor off Point da
Oaile, Ceylon.
Suddenly there waa heard a fearful
crash that gave pause to everything,
The chattering, the screaming, tht
growling aud the roaring of the ani
mal stopped dead. The startled men
looked for Just a moment atralght In
the face of each other. Then the ex
clamation, "Ureat beavena, she's sink
ing!" was followed by a clamor that
Juat blotted out the stillness. At on
and th sama moment both man aud
beast seemed to realise the situation
and at one and the same moment they
all began to exhibit symptom of th
alarm they felt. In the case of the men
they were free to devise meant of es
cape and they Immediately busied
themselves aeeordliiisly, In tht case of
tbe animals I hey were confined and
bad to undergo the horror of facing a
death they were powerless to avert. It
la natural for an aulmtil to die In com
bnt with en enemy and while the com
bat laat there I bop of escape. There
la no facing of death here, the snlnal la
ohierwle engaged engaged, loo. In a
natural way. Hut with the animal
cooped up ou the Agra, with never an
enemy to fight. It wa far different and
they gave vent to cries of unbounded
despair. ' The elephant made a noise,
too, but there wa not one touch of des
pair there. It waa the buslnessllk
souud of crashing timber, and befor
tbe Agra bad reached bottom a herd
of elephant wa swimming to Ceyloul
Cassell'a Magaxlne,
OLD BOB'S GRIEVANCE.
Ill Kspaclal Borrow Over the Itoalh of
Hi Pel loon lo.
Bob was one of tbe old time darkles,
aud an uncommon character, lie was
a great, black strong limited fellow,
who lived close to nature, and wa a
spontaneous lu his feeling a hi cele
brated coon dog, Pete. BiH aud
beast were almost a fimilar t'h
him a with one of tbelr o o kind, but
there wa a notable exception, to wit,
coons. Between Bob aud coon waged
an unremitting warfare. In which be
wa ably assisted by bl dog, Pete, who,
ss be said, be bad "done bruug up Into
de be' ol' coon dog lu Uawgy."
One day Bob aud Pete had treed a
coon, and Bob got bis ax aud proceeded
to bring Brer Coou within reach of
Pete's prowess. When tbe tree fell
Pete rushed for bis victim, aud Bob
"don In'coughed bint de be' be
knowed." but the coon wa game lu
every hair, and gave such a battle that
It became a qi cation whether he would
not avenge tr Uvea of many of hi
brethren who had goue before. Bob's
Ideas of fair play were none of the
keeii est when It cam to a conflict wltb
a coon, to he drew near wltb hi ax,
and. watching bis opportunity, aimed a
blow which was calculated to end th
conflict lu short order. Ala! Just as
bis stroke fell the combatants executed
a lightning change of position, and the
faithful Pete received Iho futal stroke.
With tear and groan of honest feel
ing. Bob bore Pete' liody homeward
and told of hi tragedy.
"De good (lord know I lub ol" Pele,"
he said, "but bit hain't so much dat h
am gone dat huhts me. Cou'i I kin
brung up 'uoddnh coon dog en tuck him
mos' a good, but dnt nevah kin tuck
up fo' do fnck dat of Pete will alius be
uudeb de collusion dat dat no-'count
coon done kill him!"-Detroit Fre
Pre.
The Land of Chestnut.
The home of chestnuts Is In France,
where an enthusiastic admirer declares
that they are "as common a beana lu
Boatou." Oneueb au extensive ealo are
they cultivated that ono factory In
Lyona bandies over twenty five million
pound every year. The "marrous
are of course the great luxury, but
among the poorer classes the smaller
chestnuts, or "chntlgne," are eaten.
The United State consul at Lyon,
John C. Covert, visited a large chestnut
factory which employ two hundred
and fifty women aud girls. Tbe chest
nut are peeled and boiled and placed
for three daye In a vanilla syrup; then
they are drained, coated thinly wltb
vanilla, and prepared for shipment,
Mr. Covert la anxious that America
should go extensively Into chestnut
growing, and believe that a sugar I
fifty per cent cheaper here than In
France, the candled product would
oon undersell the French article.
However, a Oinrrnn tree ,o not
yield profitably fill they are ten yenra
old, Mr. Covert admit Unit there Is no
immediate, prospect of a reduction lu
the price of the candled nuts.
Leander and Hero.
Snarley-"Yc; I saw the Hellespont
And now 1 know what the matter wa
with Leander that caused him to swliu
all the time."
y0w-"Whnt wn It?"
Snarley "Dipsomania." Syracuse
Herald.
Missouri's Mule.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says:
"The brny of Missouri's Indispensable
product, the mule, Is now beard around
the world from Cape Town to Hollo,
and frequently drown the warring
drum boat a It circle the globe."
An Old Musical Instrument.
The dulcimer, In almost exactly the
form In which It I known to-day, has
been In use In Persia and Arabia from
time Immemorial. It wa probably In
troduced Into Europe during the cru
sade. An Old English Firm.
For more than 800 year a drapery
bnslnessha been carried on In the same
building at Sheffield, under tbe title of
Sign of tho Crown, and lnce 1750 the
business ha beeu conducted by one
family.
School for Coachmen.
Berllu Is to have a school for coach
men, lii which drivers are to bo taught
bow to get along In crowded city
street.
There are always more early birds
than worm.
"CALAMITY JANE."
ONE OF THE REMARKABLE WO
MEN OF THE WEST.
Female la Has, bat a Maa in Kapler
meat aaJ Aeaoelettaa NoteJ Cher
our Will Kua Her ler la a
teas Poerhouse, -
"Calamity Jan" has sought an asy
lum lu tbe poorboun of Uallatlu Coun
ty, Mout, A a child ot the frontier, an
army scout lu th disguise of a tuau, a
dispatch bearer through a country
warming wltb a cuuulug enemy, an
ludlan fighter feared by th redskin,
a mall carrier lu th Black Hill, a fre
rover among th rough character ot
th border, t woman lu tex but a watt
In employment and association, "Ca
lamity Jane'" life put the Imagination
of the novelist to blush Her adven
tures hsve been the base of a familiar
character of the dim novel, but th
lurid pen of the yellow writer ha con
cocted no nior desperate exploit than
actually fell to the lot of thl remark
able woman.
lu private life "Calamity Jane" It
Mrs. Martba llurk. She owes her ulck
name lo Captalu Kagan, of the United
State army, whose life she aved In
battle with ludlan lu WJ. She wa
then only 30 years old, but wa already
acting a a scout. This It ber own
story of tii Incident:
"I was serving under Captain Kagan,
ami while near Uoose Creek on the tttt
of the present town ot Hherldao, Wyo.,
wa bad a three-day skirmish, W lost
sis men killed snd several wounded.
Then our detachment was ambushed
about a mite from camp. Captain
Kagan wa on of the first to be hot
during th fight that foltowel, ami, hap
pening to be near him, I wa able to
reach bl side lu lime to prevent hlin
from fMlllug from bis horse. 1 man
aged to get hlin on my bone, In front
of tue, aud made a dash for camp,
CAt. A mitt uxr.
which w reached fely. After reeov
erlng from bl wound Captalu Kagan
laughingly called me 'Calamity Jaue,
the berolue of the plains.' and lb name
ha stuck lo uis through life.
Mrs. Burk wa born In Princeton,
Mo.. In l&U Iter father, J. Caunary,
waa lured to Montana In 1HH8 by the
bop of "itrlklng It rich" lu th new
gold field. During the five month'
trip overland Martha became au expert
rifle shot and a daring rider, ' w ily
after the family reached Montana the
mother died, aud the father, being dl
appointed, decided to return lo Ml
ourl. At Halt Lake City he loo died,
leaving four youuger children to the
care of Martha, then but lfi year old.
Employment wi found for her at Fort
Bridge, Wyo., and she continued to ride
and shoot until ber reputation became
widespread.
Her association with the soldier
filled ber with a longing to go ou tbe
warpstb sgslutt the Indians, and wben
General Custer waa ordered In INTO to
make a campaign against the Apache
In Arlxona ! decided to put a desper
ate plan Into execution. She put on the
ult of a cowboy, clipped a little off the
eud of her hair, rode to Fort Itusaell,
Wyo., and boldly asked to be engaged
a a scout. She wa accepted and,
though her sex wa oon discovered,
Oeneral Custer let her off with a scold
ing. She pleaded to be retained, aud,
a he bad proved ber ability, he wt
retained In the service and continued
to wear man' clothing.
It wa a thrilling campaign, In wblcb
the performed a number of daring ml
Ion and bad several narrow escape.
Only once did iha despair of her life.
She had been trapped by two Indian,
but ber niarkmauihlp enabled her to
kill one of them and escape. From the
Apache campaign ah went back to
Wyoming to Join the expedition under
Custer, Mile and Crook. She fought lu
tbe campaign against the Nes Perce
In 1873, and wa In various minor en
gagement In Montana aud Wyoming
during tbe followtug year. Sho accotn
panlod lienors! Crook aa a scout In
1875 In the expedition to the Black
Hill to protect the miner and settler
from the threatening Sioux.
The Ill-fated year 1870 found the fe
male aoldler with Cuiter, Miles and
Terry lu the Big Horn country In north
em Wyoming, where th Indian were
creatlug trouble. It was In this cam
palgn that "Calamity Jane" performed
a perllou feat of carrying dlpalchet
through a hostile country. The season
wa cold and wet, and she hnd to ford
the Platto ltlvcr near Fort Fetterman,
Tho exposure brought on pneumonia,
She wa granted an Indefinite furlough,
which may have icrved her life, for a
few months later occurred the Custer
masiacre,
Her next employment wa a United
States mall carrier on the dangerous
route between Deadwood and Custer.
It waa during thl period that William
Hlckok ("Wild Bill") was assassinated
by Jack McCall, a notorious desperado,
"Calamity Jane" Joined the posse In
pursuit of th murderer, and wheu be
was cornered In a butcher shop h
brought hlin to bay wltb a cleaver. Her
love for army life took her back Into
tbe service, and she was assigned to
th Seventh Cavalry. She helped to
build Fort Mead, S. D., and In 1878 wa
honorably discharged. Hesumlng petti
coats, ibe settled on a ranch near Mile
City, Mont., but ha since wandered
about from place to plnco In the West.
In 1884 she married Clinton Burk at El
Paso, by whom she had a daughter In
188(1. Tbe husband died In 1805.
SPEED OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
Preliminary Tremor Travel at Rata
of 8411 Mile a Minute.
Speaking of the Indian earthquakes
of 181)T, a London scientist toys tbe vl
bratlons traveled to Europe, where they
were recorded at very many stations,
and no doubt would bare been equally
f "
welt worded tmanyotbrplasmtb
surface of our world bad there been
provided suitable Instruments. Tb
preliminary tremors, wuicn ar proo-
atilv wave of compression, travciea
through tbe world lo reach uaiy anu
other countries wltb an a vert g rat of
35 mile a tuluute, of it kilometer a
ecouda rat which, It will b oh
erred, It hlghtr than that at wblcb
similar inovemeuti can b trantmltted
through flan or Keel. Th larg wave,
wblcb ar probably quatl-eiaitic gravi
tation wave, by traveling over tb tur
fact of tb earth, reached Europe at a
rat of 113 tulles a mluut, or 3 U8 kilo-
meters a second,
It Is likely that the latter disturb
ance readied stations in Kurope vj
traveling from their origin In two direc
tions round tb world. As an Indica
tion of tbls, w tr told that at several
of tb European station slight undula
tions ar lo b seen on tb scbunogrami
at times w ibould expect to find sucb
markings, had they traveled from India
to Europ by th longest possible route.
From the period of the wave, wblcb It
taken at twenly-two seconds, aud tbelr
velocity, their length may be Inferred,
an estimate or wuicn it iiiiny iour
miles; while tbelr height, at deducted
from tbelr length, and tb maximum
angle of tilting, li estimated at twenty
luetics. '
Tb slowneti of the movement wai
inch that they could not b felt, while
th magnitude wai men that tb unaid
ed ey of an observer would not b
able to rccogtilx auy differential move
ments In bl surruundlugs. Tbe (arge
nt of the aiiturbance ana their
great duration, extending over tevertl
hours, preclude them from the category
of tremor, vlbrttlont or iulcroclm.
-Pittsburg Dlspttch.
Coaching fur III Conversation.
At an overgrown boy- for I w tlx
feet tall at fourteen-! bad experienced
all tbe agonies of baihfulnes In th
society of th other tex, though greatly
attracted to It y Col. lllggluaun. I
find It difficult to convince my aocl
Ate of later years that I thru habitu
ally sat mute while others chattered.
A word or two of remotistranc from
my mother bad In a single day correct
ed this during my senior year, so far t
tb family table waa concerned, and
this emboldened me to try tb experi
ment ou a wider field. I tald lo my-
self, thinking of other young men who
made themselve quit agreeable:
"Theme youtha are not your tuperloni
perhaps In (he recitation room or the
playground hardly your equals. Why
not cop with tbem elsewhere?" Tbu
Influenced, I conquered myself in a
Ingle evening and ot my ebyne for
ever. The proccsa waa unique, so fsr
st I know, and I have often recom
mended it to ahy young men.
Being Invited to a tmall party, I
considered beforehand what young la
dle would probably be there. With
each one I had, of course, something In
common-kinship, or neighborhood, or
favorite pursuit. Thla would do, I rea
soned, for a starting point. So I put
down on a small sheet of paper what 1
would tay In each. If I happened to lie
near her. It worked tike a charm. I
found myself chatting awty the whole
evening, and heard the next day that
everybody wa surprised at the trans
formation. have to thl day the little
bit of magic paper, un which t after
ward underscored, liefore sleeping, th
point actually used.
Heroet Burle4 by Night.
One of tbe most romantic burial In
history wa lhat ot Alsrlc, (he king of
the West tloth, who Invaded Italy,
captured aud sacked Home Aug, 24.
410. After this success he wa prepar
ing to carry hlnrm Info Sicily, when
be died suddenly tt Cosrntlt, Italy.
Ill soldier burled hlin In Ibe bid of
the Itlver lluseuto, after turning the
water Into another chaunel. With lilui
wa Interred great treasure and (he
digging wa done by prlsoiier who
afterward were put lo death that the
exact spot might renin In unknown.
Another Human conqueror, Attllu the
Hun, wa burled In 453 A. D. In the
midst of a plain. Ill body wa In
closed In three coffin the first of gold,
the second of silver, the third and outer
of Iron, lie, Ilk Alarlc, wa ur
rounded by great treasure and buried
by prlsonera who were afterward
killed.
A third secret and romantic burial
wa that of the Spanish explorer, Fer
nando de Soto, the discoverer of the
Mississippi Ulver. Shortly after find
ing the river he died of malarial fever,
and to keep hi body from falling Into
tbe band of the savage It wa placed
In a colli n. which at midnight wa
takuu to the nilddlo of the great stream
and sunk.-Womnn s Home compan
ion.
Uuardlnai Her Teeth.
It Is easy to misunderstand and easy
to bo misunderstood; and sometime,
happily, It I easy to give and to accept
an explanation.
"I did think I would never come to
see you again," laid a cousin of the
promlneut society woman who had
come to the country to visit her aud
waa about to itart homeward. "It't kind
of you lo ask me, of course, but I re
member that when I waa at your bouse
In Uie city, two year ago, you did not
teem glad to tee me. You were kind
aud hospitable, of course, but I reuiem
ber you did not initio once during the
entire two week of my tay."
To her astonishment her city cousin
burst Into a fit of laughter.
"Maria," he nld, "Jut before you
came I had the misfortune to break the
porcelain 'crowj torn one of my new
front teeth, and as my dentist wa out
of town on his vacation, I had to wait
for bis roturn. I didn't dare to smile
when any one was looking at me for
fear of showing the ghastly metallic
'back' to which the porcelain had been
attached. It was a strain, Maria, but 1
was equal to It, and I did not want to
have to explain,"
And her mlle, now without a me
chanical flaw, reinforced the renewed
Invitation,
Huperstltlon as to Rattlesnakes.
: The American Indian believes the
rattlesnake to posse occult virtues,
and quite a number of whites setn to
have been converted to the same opin
ion. Tbe sale of rattlesnake oil for
rhueniatlsm and neuralgia has grown
steadily from the humblest beginning,
and Is to-day a small but profitable In
dustry. In some parts ot Maine and
New Brunswick neckties made of rattle
snake skins are employed aa a specific
for bad cough and colds, and tho rattle
la used by bellevera In voodoo of the
southland as a charm against bad luck.
A good way to do reform work Is to
lead such a clean, useful, sober life
that other will try to follow your ex
ample. Take an honest Invoice of yoursoli
at least once a year; no man ever helped
himself by over-estimating his ability.
Tb failure of one man la often tbe
beginning of another man's success.
Science
Es .Tventionj
Th fastest of th thousand of
cloud whose speeds wer measured
by Prof, Blgelow wss darting through
tbe upper air at tb enormous velocity
of It miles au bour. This wtt a clr
rocumulu cloud -on of tbe mackerel
sky clus-observed In December.
Tb spider shield! Itself In winter
by a westher-proot covering of silk,
but loin kinds com out for an airing
occasionally, and even take a scamper
aero th mow. Th trtp door tplder
passet th etrtlr season deep In tb
ground In his winter bout ot spun
silk.
Wearers of eye glasses are frequently
annoyed In cold weather by tbe deposit
of moist u ro that form on tb glass
upon entering a warm room. According
to a German technical Journal, a sim
ple prcveuttv of this annoyanc Is th
rubbing of tho glasses with soft poth
soap every morning. After the soap la
applied th glasses cau b polished
bright, the Invisible film (bat remnjii
sufficing to prevent th deposit of
moisture,
Some attempts bar been mad to
boom liquid air commercially, but
without encouragement from scientific
periodicals. A London paper any;
"One of the greatest difficulties to be
contended wltb In th practical appli
cation of liquid air Is that of keeping
It for a length of time. According to
Mr. Carl Llnde, small quantities may
bo preserved In well exhausted and sli
vered double-walled glast vessel for
a relatively long time.
Diamond have been found In con
tlderable number and of very flue
quality In th luterlor of Brltlh
Uulaua, on tbe Maisaruul Itlver, 250
mllei abov It Junction with tho Esse
qulbo, Mr. Moulton, our consul at
Demerara, say that the London deal
ert to whom the stones have been for
warded consider them tuperlor to
South African diamond and equal In
quality to those of Brntll. The present
digging are situated In a tropical
Jungle flv miles' from the river, snd
the region It not easily reached. The
matrix from which the gema have be
come scattered It now th object of
search.
Tbe sea liss flower as the Isnd has,
but tb moat brilliant of tb e flow
er bloom uot upon plant but upon
animal. The living coral of tropical
e present a display of Coral beauty
which In rlchnes and vlvldne of
color and variety and grace of form
rival the splendor of a aarden ot
flower. Tbe resemblance to vegetal
blossoms 1 ro complete that tome per
tout find It difficult to believe that the
brilliant display contain! no element
ot plant life, but 1 wholly animal In
Ita organisation, Among the tea am
malt which blown e If they were
plant are lucluded. beside coral, the
tea-anemone and the ea cucumber,
Dr. C. M. Blackford, Jr., remark that
among the coral garden the birds and
butterflies of the upper world are re
placed by fishes of curious form and
flashing color, wblcb dart shout
among tbo animal flowers.
BILL SMITH CAME ON TIME.
Two t harper Oct th llettar of a Third
in a Coaflileace Oaai. .
The best confidence man that ever
perambulated down the pike was in
Memphis Inst week and did some
smooth business ot the buuko variety,
according to the Commercial-Appeal
Tbe victim In the case was a king bee
Memphis confidence man w ho think he
I more than "two or three," and who
bapmmcd to be out looking for hay
teed.
. The confidence man dropjied Into
cert a I ii hotel In Memphis to lay for
prey, aud had gotten himself up to pas
for a commercial traveler. Pretty soou
a hayseed Hube of the most harmless
looking typo came Iuto the hotel lobby
and glared through bis spectacles at the
men sitting around. Falling to see the
face bo was looking for the old Hube
stood a moment In the ceuter of tho
floor aud then walked over to tbe
clerk's desk. He took a long range
chance at the cuspidor and missed, and
theu. addressing the clerk, asked; "Has
Bill Smith been here looking for me?'
Tho clerk looked up ami, seeing i
chance for some fun, began to humor
tbe old man.
Tbe Memphis shark grew Interested
and drew near. Soon the whole bote
knew the old man's story. Hill Smith
wa a stranger be had met In the morn
Ing who hnd Iwrrowed $50 frotn him to
pay a freight bill, promising to meet
Hull at the hotel and pay It back,
Rube was certain be would be In soon,
because It waa now past tho appointed
time.
The old man's apparent Innocence
amused tho crowd and he was advised
to go on and forget Bill Smith, a ho
would never aee Bill any more. The
old man replied good humoredly that he
guessed ho would wait a whllo for BUI,
and, winking at the crowd, ho pulled
out a well-filled wallet with the remark
that he hud plenty left If Bill should go
back on hla word.
' The eye of tho Memphis shark gllst
cned at the sight of the wallet, and tip
proachlng Hube, ho began to manifest
the tenderest sympathy In hi case, and
assured him that BUI Smith wna a rns
cully thief, and that tho town wns full
of such ahnrk.
Rube grew nervous under the repent-
ed fling nt his friend Bill Smith, and
lu hi excitement pulled hla money and
swore ho would bot every dollar of It
on Smith's houesty.
"Well," said tho Memphis shark, "I'll
Just bet you $50 that Smith don't show
up with your money."
Reuben took the bet, and, with trom
bllng fingers, pulled out tho fifty, and
the stakes were put In the hands of tho
clerk.
After thla Rube grew silent and nerv
ously paced up and down tho lobby
Presently, as Hube was standing some
distance from the desk, pensively roll
ing his quid and gnxlng through the
skylight, a smartly dressed man walk
ed brlBkly through tho door and up to
the clerk's desk, eyeing the bystanders
critically ns ho passed. Seizing a pen,
he rapidly wrote on the register,
"William J. Smith, Hushpucknna,
Mis."
A he wns writing Hube hnd once
more advanced toward the desk, and,
seeing the form nt the counter, he
strode eagerly forward, peered Into the
face of the newcomer, and, slapping
him on the back, exclaimed: "By gosh,
If It ain't Bill Smith at last!"
The rest of the story was simple.
Smith recognised Hubo, thanked him
for the loan, and Immediately pulled
out his purse aud paid over tbe promis
ed fifty he had borrowed.
The Memphis shark turned pale as
Rube claimed the wager, but It had to
go. Later the Memphis shark got a lit
tle aot advising htm that Rub thank.
ed him for tb llttl donation, and ad
vised btm to try tb trick on soroi of
bis fellow sharks and play for even.
SOME QUUEW COST MARKS.
TaLat(er Wrl and Phrase (hot
a Mccret Plana.
Among tb old tlin feature wblcb
tr disappearing from tbe city store
been use of tbe modern methodi It tb
caballttle cost mark wblcb tba mer
chant one thought a Indispensable at
tb counter over wblcb b sold bit
ware.
Tb man who started a busbies for
blmsclf devoted many boun befor h
mad hit flrtt display of wires to
"making up" a cast mark. Tblt bad to
b unlike any other mark, ana wai, in
torn Intlancct, composed of ton hier
oglyphic!, often of transposed figure,
and more often or a wora or two, tn
letteti of wblcb could be used to ex
press figures. A large wboleial con
cern In New York used the mark 'God
save u," and made up the tenth figure
wltb a croat. Through tblt business
house tbe plout cost mark became
known all over the country. Clerk
from tbe establishment entered the
mercantile field on their own account
and took tbe coat mark wltb tbem, and
within a few year It wai In use In
nearly every state In th Union,
AnoiAer cost mark wuicn round
many admirers was "Mak profit" and
thli wa only a trifle more popular than
"Quick trade." "Johny Mile" served
a a sign at well at a cost for on con
cern, and on sentimental Irishman
who opened a linen store In New York
In tbe days wben Nlblo't garden waa
"away up town" chose a bit cost mark
"My Bridget O."
Wben the campaign of 1800 was at
Its height an ardeut Republican lu Bos
ton, In whose store a cost mark was in
use that bad been Invented by bit
grandfather, marked all bl goods over
lu order to use the mark, "Abe must
win," and thl mark remained In use
for yeart after "Abe" bad won tb fight
against Douglas, Breckinridge, and
Bell, who were all candidates against
Lincoln. About that time tbe coat
mark "Hit Douglas" was Invented, and
that and "Republican" are still In use
lu places where plain figures have not
superseded the puxxte msrks.
A large dry good house, wblcb bad
tbe patronage of hundred of pack,
basket, and wagon peddlers, used as a
cost mark the words, "Revocb Gilt," a
Yiddish phrase, which mean "Profit
tells." aud tb translation was alto
used by the tame concern.
"These mark were useful," tald tbe
manager of ono of the large New York
dry-good stores, "wheu houses bad an
'asking' aud a 'taking1 price. In those
days a man behind the counter had to
know what tbe goods cost to put on the
shelf so that be could regulate himself
accordingly. An offer to 'split tbe dif
ference' wheu one price waa asked and
auother offered could be entertained
theu, and salesmen were often compel
led to 'shade' price. 'We will do thl
for yon,' and If tbe laat we have of
the lot' or 'W want to make a cua
tomer of you' were among the reason
given for 'coming down' on price; but
all the time the sslesmnn bad the cost
mark before him, aud knew that be
waa on Iho tafe tide." New York Tri
buue.
YANKEE IN UPPER BURMAH.
Telagraph Operator Ranched Ills Poat
After Dangerona Trip.
There la not a remote corner of tbe
world In which on may not run acrott
a wandering Yankee. American are a
pervasive lot. From away up In Shan
State, In North Burnish, come a
letter frotn a government telegraph
operator to bit brother, which tayt:
"When I wrote you last from Ran
goon, a few niontba ago, I thought that
In all probability It would be tbe last
you would bear frotn me. 1 waa then
about to leave with th boundary com
mission on a tour of 000 miles
through the Shau States to tbe
Chinese froutler on horseback, on
muleback, aud on foot Of tbe
seven who composed the party three
were killed In a fight we had with the
W'alis, on died of fever In the Chin
hills, two returned to Mandnlay, while
I remain here In the government tele
graph office,
"Could I have Induced any one to ac
company mo I should have pushed on
Into China and taken pot-luck In the
cruaado against the Boxers. Kentung
wa aa far as I got, however, and on re.
turning to this village the option of re
maining here or returning to Rangoon
was offered to me. So much for my re
cent experiences, which, though doubt
less of no Interest to you, I recount for
the Information of the folks at home, to
whom I trtist you will be good enough
to send this letter In tho hope of mov
ing them to send a letter of cheer to a
wandering brother.
"It all goes well I shall remain here
two or tbreo year. Living I exnen
sh e, but tbe pay Is good, and tbe people,
though wild and uncouth, are of
happy and peaceful tribe. The handful
ow white men which we have here are
all gentlemanly cbnps. My address Is
Taunggyt, Shau States, Upper Bur-
Utah."
What a story this little letter outlines
for a Kipling!
HIS PASSPORT WAS CORRECT.
Russian Police Arrested Touriat
Midnight to Conicratulata Him.
A New York tourist writes to a friend
lu this country the following expert
enee with the Russian police:
"I arrived lu Moscow armed with
faultless passport, which I at once gave
up to the police, according to regula
tions. On my third evening lu Moscow
nt 10 o'clock, a policeman In plain clothe
summoned uie from tho family circle
around the samovar.
"At tho station we found the officials
engaged with another case, which kept
via waiting an hour and a half. Mean
while I had been ransacking my con
science, but could remember no crime
that would warrant this midnight ar
rest. Finally the official at the desk
handed me my passport with a smile,
" 'It Is quite correct, be said, 1 wait
ed, wondering what was coming next,
" 'It Is all right, I say. You may go,
tho officer graciously repeated. Then
my anger rose.
" 'Did you arrest me at midnight to
tell me that?' I asked.
" 'Certainly. Wo were obliged to re
turn the passport to you In person with
lu three days. So we hnd to summou
you to-ulght.'
" 'Good ' -
" 'Now, Just keep quiet, will you?'
said the little official, severely.
' 'Congratulate yourself that your
passport bns been found correct.'
"I retired, gnashing my teeth. In
tbe ante-chamber I found my police
man, who raised his cap and asked for
a pourbolre.
" 'What! I yelled in angry amaxe-
ment.
" 'But, little father, I took the trouble
to conduct you bere. Are you not going
to give me tho price of a glass?'
"I gave It!"
Aaaartca and Kacland If One fltlcfc.
franc a ait Karone Another,
Although every one has hi reel meas
ured for hoe, ther ar very few per
sons who know what th ic marked
Upou tb shoe stick mean. There ar
two shoo sticks In us In Ameilc snd
Europ. The stick used In Die Uulted
States wss originally Kngllsh, snd Is
still used In England. Th rest of
Europ use th French (tick.
Tb ilxe on the Kugllsh boe (tick
wer derived from the length of a
barley corn, and they run Hurt to th
Inch. Tb first mark on the nick, or
Is 1, Is msde arbitrarily, Jusi four and
a half Inches from the upright. Wby
tblt distance wai fixed upon doet not
appear to b known. For some other
reason wblcb can only be guessed at
tb graduated part of th (tick I again
divided Into two tet ot numbers.
These number begin at 1 and run up to
13, and tben tbey begin again at 1 and
run up to 13. Tbe first numbers from
1 to 5 are known as Infants' ilzc, thus
from 6 lo 10 ai children', from 11 to
3 a misuse' sixes, from 2 to CV4
women's, and from 7 to 13 as men'
sizes.
Tb French shoe stick Is divided Into
a great many more sixes than Iho Kug
llsh, and th French shoemakers sub
divide the again, as Is dune with tb
English (tick, Into half then. Tber
no exact relationship between tb
marking on tb two tick, but tb
French else 111 cormjwml to Ibe Eng
lish Infant' 1. and their fixe 44 I tb
am a th Kngllsh six 10 for men.
A womsn who wear a Vt hoe by Eng
llb measure would get a 84 or 85 by
the French measure, and a man wltb a
7 foot by English measure would wear
40 (hue In France. Over bere th
width of tb Uoe i designated by a
letter, while the French use Dgurei.
Tb width AAA I the French 000. B
ii tb French 1 and EE tbe French 5
wldtb.-New York Sun.
Wbst tbe mat-ter here?
Tbe man I chang ing hi mind.
How do you mean?
HI friend asked
b I in what b
thought of Hie sign
of spring, and Just
a he (aid that he
nev-er allowed him-hliu-self
to be (truck
by !gn one of them fell.
What have we here?
This I a bul-ne man en Joy lug
a mod ern con ven-
teuce.
Do you mean the
tel-e-phone?
lence why doe he
scowl?
Oh, a small de tail an noys him.
What 1 It? .
He ba been try ing for twen ty niln-
nte to get con-neet-ed with a niau ou
the seo-ond floor a bove.
What I happen ing here?
Tbe host-cs I serv ing refresh-
ment to her guests.
What are the re
freshments? . .
Lob-ster sul-ad. ca
viare sand-wlclies,
cof fee, Ice cream
and cake.
Mer-cy. Pocs 6uch
food re-fresh any-body?
Oh, yes! It re fresh e the mern-o-ry
of day when they used to eat green
ap-ple, pea-nut and Christ ina can
dy. What 1 the young man do ing?
He 1 a pol-o-glxing to the young la-
What for? V T
He stepped on her
gown and ruined It.
Will the a pol o gy
mend mat-ters?
O. no! It will cost
MO for an-oth er
skirt and the a-pol-o-gy Is not worth a
cent-Chicago Dally News.
LIQUID INSEJT CATCHER
The Increased destruction of city
trees by Insects during the past few
year has caused, the Inventor to design
a number of devices to prevent the
pest from crawling up the tree trunk
and depositing eggs lu the branches a
FOR PXSTHOYISO 1N8KCTS.
well at eatlug the leaves. Hitherto the
guard have consisted of baud of loose
fabric, cotton wadding, etc., being gen
erally treated with a chemical and
bound tightly ou the tree trunk. His
Invention, which we show herewith,
however, 1 a radical departure from
former Ideas, Inasmuch as the chemi
cal 1 In a liquid form aud 1 contained
In a circular pocket surrounding tho
tree, making It Impossible for any In
sect or worm to crawl up the trunk of
the tree without passing through tbo
liquid. The guard I In two sections,
which are damped together around tho
tree, with a layer of pncklng beneath
the guard aud the bnrk to form a tight
Joint. The circular gutter Is provided
with two separate circles of liquid to
Insure the death of those Insects which
might possibly Burvtve a single bath In
the poisonous fluid. Roland Forrest,
ot Philadelphia, Pa., Is the Inventor.
Gold and Coal In Spitsbergen.
News has reached Antwerp ot the A
success of a Norwegian expedition to
Spitsbergen. At this northerly point
very rich gold mine have been discov
ered, and the explorer have brought
back fossils of ferns, tropical plants,
and fruit. It Is reported that the coal
deposit I very rich.
Curiosities of the Hands,
The right baud, which is more sen
sitive to the touch than the left. Is less
sensitive than the latter to the effect of
hent or cold. -
"He 1 accused ot using money In his
political campaign." "Nonsense," an
iwered Senator Sorghum, scornfully:
"he dldu't use money; he Just wasted
It." Exchange,
m
Wl w I i
Prill