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Will Mr. Burbank kindly Invent i
/rust proof peach crop?
A Chicago elevated road motorman
has confessisi to bigamy. Another of
»he evils of high life.
Grave apprehensions exist thnt the
New Yorkers Intend to cull their new
tunuels "tubes" or “bores."
The President of tlie United States
to the assembled governors: “It's a
tong time between forests.”
A Minnesota woman has been award
ed $1.750 for a stolen kiss. It Is never
possible to tell what a jury will do.
A few “bumps,’’ properly placed,
might effect a cure also In the case of
the idiot who throws the pop bottle.
If It is love altogether, why Is It that
none of those titled foreigners ever fall
In love will) Anlerlean girls that do not
have plenty of money?
The Emperor of Austria has been on
the throne for sixty years, thus show
ing that a man with a rugged constitu
tion can hardly be killed by worry.
“One way to trim a lmt,” says the
Toledo Blade, “would be to cut off
about a foot all around." Sounds like
the cynical remark of a sad widower.
Some of the mon who answered Mrs.
Guinness' matrimonial advertisement
are simply going to congratulate them-
selves on their escape and keep quiet
about the matter.
An Indiana man recently died from
the effects of a penny swallowed sixty
seven years ago. And during that time
lie doubtless often told his friends that
he didn't have a red cent.
One curious thing in connection with
the career of “Fighting Bob" Evans is
that no New York life Insurance com
pany has ever offered him $200,000 a
year to become its president.
Some day. of course, the earth's sup
ply of petroleum will be exhausted, and
the historian of the future will refer
glibly to the Standard Oil Company as
“the glory that was grease.”
Visitors who were invited to Inspect
a tine new hotel in Kalamazoo. Mich.,
carried away nearly al) the portable
property in the building as souvenirs,
“Are we a nation of thieves?”
with the present office of each and th«
[lost from which he started. More than
half of the list ure presidents, vice
presidents, and
general managers,
Who»» did these men start? N it one
' of te-ni bears a name of any purtleu-
lar note in business history for wealth
or high station, over thirty of them
started as Just "boys"—office boys, wa
ter boys, messengers, shop apprentices, I
and the like. Among these were F. A.
Delano, president of the Wabash;
George B. Harris, president of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, and P. 8.
Eustis, its passenger traffic manager;
George I.. Peek, general manager of the
Pennsylvania lines, and E. T. Jeffery,
president of tlie Denver and Rio
Grande.
Nearly thirty started as
brakemen, survey helpers, switchmen,
section hands, and the like. Among
these were Charles E. Schaff, vice pres
ident of the New York Central Lines
West; W. C. Brown, senior vice presi
dent of the New York Central ; James
J. Turner, vice president of the Penn
sylvania lines, and James McCrea,
president of the Pennsylvania. About
twenty-live were “clerks” of one kind
or another—always at some minor post
In the start. Among these were J. C,
Stubbs, traffic director of the Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific; John Sebas
tian, passenger traffic manager of the
Rock Island system; William II. Trues
dale. president of the Delaware. Lack
awanna and Western, and C. S. Mel
len. president of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford, and the foremost
figure in New England railroading
Sixteen started as telegraph operators.
Among these were Marvin Ilughitt.
president, and M. M. Kirkman, vice
president, of the Chicago and North
western ; A. J. Earling, president of the
Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul, and
Sir William C. Van Horne, chairman
of the Canadian Pacific board of direct
ors. He began ns a telegraph operator
on the Illinois Central. Ouly about
seven began nt posts of any sort of
authority. These started as "agents"
of one kind or another. The most con
spicuous of tills group is Janies J. Hill,
who entered tlie service as “local
agent” of a little ro.-tu only legally re
membered now. There Is a great deal
of talk about what “pull” and "influ
ence” do to gdt a young man ahead in
the world. There is a certain amount
of truth In that theory, though not tlie
kind which those who advance it lie
lieve. The "pull" that counts is that
which the youngster makes for him
self by hls energy and sound Judgment.
We see the truth of tills when we look
over tills list of railway officials of high
place and great power, and think where
they started. They took the “chance”
that every boy may take who has the
eyes to see it and the will to grasp it.
And that “chance” exists and Is Just as
wide open everywhere to-day as it Wils’
when these men started.
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REV. DK. OUAYLE,
Famous
Whom V
I'ri-nrhpr
III -hop.
Among t
Methodists
In general
Baltimore
elected bishops perhaps none Is more
widely known than Is Rev. Dr. William
' Alfred Quayle, w ho lias charmed audi
ences in every part of tlie United States
by hls ability as a preacher and lec
turer. He is also an author of wide
AND SO MAN CAN FLY.
T the miracles of invention tlie world no
longer wonders greatly, All tilings have
become credible. Has a machine been made
which will fly
IVe no longer doubt. We
reply, rather, "We thought so. It was to
be expected." After the wireless telegraph,
how can we do otherwise? Material limi-
tatioiis seem to be dissolving. Time was when wood and
flesh were opaque, Then came tlie X-ray, and tlie fallacy
of opaqueness was disclosed, To the X-ray eye the board
has become ns w indow glass, Time was when tlie unseen
forces of the electric world traveled the material road
of a copper or iron wire; but there came tlie Inventions
of Marconi and invisible messengers leaped through the
limitless spaces of the ether. Time was when sounds
traveled on the air; in our own generation tlie telephone
has transferred sounds by new and unknown roads to
distances limited only by the desires of man.
And now after nineteen centuries of fruitless effort—
Is man r> crown the achievements of tills inventive age
by a full mastery of the air? Why not? we answer.
Here we are told of a new device able to lift two men—
a machine without balloon or gas bag attachment, weigh
Ing perhaps a thousand pounds, and yet able to mount
ns do the birds and sail the circumambient air! And we
say: Why got? Why tins tlie machine been so slow in
coming? Of course the problem has been solved. Man
will mount, and spread, and grow; and old things will
pass away; and tlie earth will grow still smaller—for
verily we live in a wonderful, a golden age!—Kes Moines
News.
n [
NOT AFRAID TO DIE.
O\V ninny people could face certain death
as bravely as did 1 >r. William II Marsh, a
wealthy citizen of Brooklyn, who passed
away recently, a victim of hydrophobia?
“You will die before Thursday noon; no
human power can save you.” he was told
by a physician in tlie Pasteur institute,
where he had applied for treatment, lie had gone to tlie
institution too late to lie helped. Tlie symptoms of the
drend disease were already visible to the practiced eye
of the expert, and when asked tor the trulli the pliy-
sieiiin frankly told it.
Dr. Marsh accepted the sentence with fortitude,
am not afraid to die,” lie said to ills friends. “Tlie past
hides nothing that should make me ashamed to face
the future," and he proceeded to put Ins earthly affairs
In shape, that his loved ones might be protected. He
Instructed ills physician to give him liberal doses of
opiates when the paroxysms appeared In order that hls
family should not lie terrified at the sight, and then he
calmly awaited the end.
What a sermon in this sad story! Dr. Marsh was no
common hero. Tlie man who goes into battle knows thnt
he has more than an even chance for Ids life. Influ-
eneed by the prospect of large rewards in the shape of
money or fame, mon will face tremendous perils, for
there Is always hope. But there was no gamble In the
ase of Dr. Marsh. A few hours before, apparently in
perfect health, he was walking the streets of Brooklyn,
happy and prosperous. Then Ills sentence fell, like a
shadow across hls path. And there was no escape from
it. Yet hls heart at tills supreme crises was light. 'The
past hides nothing that should make me ashamed to
face the future,” lie said, ami therein Is found the key
to tills wonderful exhibition of courage. Remorse was
a stranger to him. for he had lived right ami dealt fairly
with his fellow men. To be able to greet death with
perfect stoicism under such circumstances is a heaven-
born quality.—Toledo Blade.
OUR NEED OF WATER.
II Y8I01.OGI.8 l s tell us tliat the animal
body consists of almost 80 per cent water.
Admitting this to be true, it would seem
plausible that tills quantity is necessary in
order to carry on tile normal physiological
processes of tlie animal economy In pro|ier
condition. For similar reasons It would
also appear plausible that should this quantity In any
way be greatly reduced or diminished. either through
normal pna-esses of the body or through abnormal proc
esses. this 1< st quantity must immediately be resupplied.
Should such a withdrawal of water be permitted to be
unduly* prolonged, the disorders will assume such grave
dimensions that life Itself may ultimately be terminated.
Elasticity and pliability of muscles, nerves, cartilage,
tendons and even bones depend mainly upon the amount
of water they contain. Water also serves as a dlstrrti-
liter of bodily heat and regulntes the body temperature
by tlie physical process of absorption and elimination,
Under normal conditions ami In n proper degree of health
tills supply is ordinarily furnished partly by the food
and partly by the drink we are daily consuming, An
overfndulgenee in tlie use of water provided It is not
carried to excess will seldom. If ever, lie productive of
any deleterious consequences.—Medical Recorder.
A CURE FOR DESPONDENCY.
LARGE tieshy man with whiskers told me
of a sovereign cure for despondency only
yesterday. He had a number of girls in his
employ, among them one that he knew
was in struggling circumstances and sup
porting a sick mother on a none too healthy
salary. She had come Into the store and
laid her purse and somber widow hat on tlie counter
while she did something about the place.
The large fleshy man got between her and the purse,
and when she was not looking he slipped a $5 bill into it
and moved unconsciously about his business.
In the afternoon lie noticed that she had a red spot
in each cheek ami she was heard asking other girls if
they believed in fairies. She never solved the mystey—
It was two years ago—and never will unless she reads
this. But the $5 bill was very useful In its little way,
and the large despondent man felt so good for two weeks
that he hlp-lmpped on the sidewalk on Ills way home.—
Minneapolis Journal.
repute.
Is a native of Parkville,
Mo., and is 48 years of age. lie was
professor of Greek at linker Univer
sity for three years, acting as vice pres
ident of tlie university during tlie last
year of ids professorship. In 1890 he
was made president of tile institution.
At present lie is pastor of St. James’
Church, Chicago.
Arieslnn Wells.
'1 he theoretical explanation of the
phenomenon is easily understood, Tlie
secondary mid tertiary geological for-
mations often present the uppearauc»
of Immense basins, the boundary or
rim of the basin having been formed
by an upheaval of adjacent strata. In
these formations It often happens that
a porous stratum, consisting of sand,
sandstone, chalk or other calcareous
matter. Is Included between two inqier-
meable layers of clay so as to form a
flat porous U tube, continuous from
side to side of the valley, the outerop
on the surrounding hills forming tlie
mouth of the tube. The rain Altering
down through the porous layer to ths
bottom of tlie basin forms there a sub
terranean pool, which, with the liquid
or semiliquid column pressing upon it,
constitutes a sort of huge natural hy
drostatic bellows. Sometimes tlie pres
sure on tlie superincumbent crust Is so
great as to cause an upheaval or dis
turbance of the valley. It is obvious,
then, that when a hole is laired down
through the upper impermeable layer
to tlie surface of the lake tlie water will
be forced up by the natural law of
water seeking Its own level to a height
a bi>ve the snrfaee of the valley, great
er or less. aeisirdlng to the elevation
of tlie level In the feeding column, thus
forming n natural fountain on precisely
the same principle as that of most
a rt I tli-I a I fountains, where the water
supply comes from a considerably
height above the Jet.
THE PYGMY EARTH.
Harry Thaw says he will work if
they will let him out of the lunatic asy-
Vaat Dimension* of the Sun as Com-
luin. Some of tlie other young men
pared with tlie World.
by the prefect, In which case they ure
who have Inherited fortunes will nt
Some Exiienolve Errors.
IN A SICILIAN FRISON.
A dime held at arm's length from
shown tlie chapel, where there are cu
A Western paper once told the story
cnee decide that be Is really insane.
the eye will much more than cover tlie
rious old memorial tablets, with busts of how an error In the price of an
entire disk of the sun. If it were
To reach the women's prison in Mes and three-quarter figures In bus relief,
There is in Ohio a woman who claims
article in a department store advertise
placed nt the exact point of coincidence sina one must leave the Marina, the
representing men In quaint <s>stunies ment, in which n lady's gown was of
to have baked 481.000 pies during the
and its diameter and distance from the principal promenade and drive, to
and attitudes, not as when prepared fered for $18.90, but which read $8.|»I,
past sixty-three years. We are not so eye accurately measured, it might be
Climb a steep hill by one of tlie few for their last long sleep. There Is some
much surprised at tlie number of pies
cost If over a thousand dollars, as the
used as a means of determining tlie roads that lend to or from tlie town.
beautiful inlaid woodwork there, and store tilled all orders and held the pa
as at tlie length of time which she con
sun's diameter, hls distance Icing As on turns one's back to the sea tlie sacristy Is entirely wainscoted with
fesses it took her to bake them.
known. Tlie foremost philosophers of mountains and valleys open to the it. Then come the refectory, the kitch per responsible for the error. The de
long ago would have been appalled nt view, with here and there a villa half en and corridors off which are tlie partment store took the stand that to
Tlie Chicago woman who got a di
have done otherwise might have led
the true statement of botli the sun's bidden among vines and orange trees. monks' cells, now fitted to contain from
vorce on the ground Hint her husbnnd
people to lielleve It did not do a>
distance and its size,
Higher a fort crowns the summit of a two to six prisoners’ beds, according
had been drunk 3.000 times ill ten years
'i'he sun's diameter Is about 8<!ii.0<’0 rocky crag, while the ruins of an old to their size; also workrooms, where agreed, but offered tlie price merely to
was well within her rights. No woman
draw people to the store.
L on I iiu II I m (¿rip.
miles. It Is bewildering to be assured citadel stand out in bold relief against looms are kept busy and shuttles dart i
should feel in duty bound to live witli
This incident quite often happens,
Field Marshal Count Von Moltke, th«
tliat it would take 1.300,000 earths to tile autumn sky. Another turn of tlie backwards and forward like live things,
a man who gets drunk oftener than
equal the sun in volume. If the in road, and the driver brings his horse where machines have taken the place but we only hear of it nt times when great Prussian strategist, had the ut
every other day.
terior of that truly gigantic globe were to a stand before the gates of what of tlie more primitive knitting needles publishers want to boast nliout how most contempt for loquacity. On the
their pajiers bring results.
rare occasions when lie addressed tlie
hollow
and the eartli were placed at its was once the monastery of tlie Capil-
Chancellor l>ay can see no reason
The most expensive error of this relehstng. Ins . ....... lies were models of
is
chilis.
It
a white building, like a
why there should b- any complaint as center with tile moon revolving about
kind we have knowledge of was one brevity. At banquets it was hls custom
long ns rich men have foolish sons and it nt its usual menu distance of nearly church in the center, with n long wing
that occurred recently down in Wall to sit In silence except when he pres
at
either
side,
The
site
was
chosen
and
24O.OCO
miles,
there
would
still
exist
a
daughters who. by Indulging in idiotic
street. The banking house of .1 P. posed “Ills majesty, the king." or “The
the
foundations
laid
by
two
pilgrims.
|
vacuity
between
the
moon
and
tlie
in
extravagance, return the money to tlie
Morgan & Go. recently
...... offered
_____ __ n ____
block I health of Ids majesty the king.” On
people. There may be some good points closing shell of the sun of nearly 200,- It was handed over to the Capuchins ,
of New York Central equipment notes I
in
the
sixteenth
century,
as
is
shown
000
miles.
This
is
perhaps
tlie
most
one occasion an officer laid a heavy
about the scheme, but isn't It rather
of different maturities and nt different wager that at a coming state dinner
graphic and impressive illustration pos by an inscription over a low arched
rough on the rich men?
prices,
which
price ran into fractions Von Moltke would not use more than
sible of tlie sun's colossal bulk.
We doorway, which bears the date of 15!X>.
of per cents, A mistake was made in
must note, however, that the density They continued in possession for near
seven words in proposing King Wil
Memphis lias decided, through Its
one of these fractions and was not I
of tlie sun is only about one-quarter ly 300 years, until they were turned
liam's health. It hapjiened that on this
park commissioners, to restore to the
the
noticed
until
advertisement
up
that of the earth, so tliat it would out by the Italian government In 18»;*;.
ocenslon tlie great general «•Id: "The
monument of Andrew Jackson the ta
peared In all the newspapers. Then health of ids majesty the king, gentle
weigh only as much as 330,000 earths.
The place lias changed its character
scription, “Our Federal Union:
it
It was too late. All these notes went
In
very
round
numbers
tlie
sun
’
s
tlie
gate
now
;
a
sentry
stands
before
men,” npon hearing which the officer
must be preserved.” The phrase was
like hot cakes, for’discerning Investors
weight may be stated nt two octillion Over a side door is written "Ussa di
muttered: “Ah. the field marshal
a toast given by Jackson in 1830, on
quickly saw their advantage. The net
grows
old and talkative.”—Buffalo
the anniversary of Jefferson's birthday. tons, which if expressed In figures l’ena per Donne.” Instead of the
result was that J. P. Morgan & Co.
Commercial.
When the civil war broke out the idea would require almost as many ciphers cowled monk who once answered the
lost
nearly
$10.<)00,
the
difference
be
was not popular in Tennessee, and the as a newspaper Hue can accommodate. convent bell, the grating of locks is
\ noi her GI iim .
tween the error ami the correct price.
A very comprehensive Illustration of heard, and a warder In blue uniform
Inscription was removed. The restora
The
seventeenth century puritan
Tills is. as far ns wo know, the most
I
tion of it is a sign of the passing of old the pygmean dimensions of tlie earth admits visitors desirous of purchasing
expensive mistake In an advertisement preachers talked for two hours or more
feelings and the growth of the new na as compared with the sun is to repre some of the work done by the prisoners.
not “by the clock.” hut by the hour
Mail
<
trder
Journal.
sent the latter by a globe two feet in The way leads through the cloisters,
tional unity.
glass. At least one of them turned
diameter ami the earth bya dainty pea. which surround an open court. A
Thrifty 1’ngiwiliil,
I the glass to humorous account. II«
And yet tlie little pea weighs more statue of tlie Madonna stands In the
When Paganini was asked runny found himself no further than the mid-
Concrete houses are becoming com
than six quintillion tons. As to the center, encircled by a hedge of trailing
years ago to jdny nt Vnuxhnll Gar- die of the sermon when the sands had
mon, and concrete ships seem to be on
solar surface, it Is some 12,000 times vines, outside which many varieties of j
dens he Inquired bow many persons run out. “Drunkenness” was hls sul>-
tlie way. Italian engineers have been
trees
and
flowers
grow,
such
as
Japan
that of our planet. Yet the sun when
i.lect. and, reversing the horologe, “fxd’s
the place would hold.
working in this direction for ten years
compared with its true peers, the stars. ese medlars, oleanders. climbing roses, i
have nnother glass,” said I k *.
Sir
“
That
Is
Impossible
to
say,
”
said
th*
or ■ more, one of them recently pro-
Is not only not of extraordinary size, Jasmine, lilies, etc. Tlie work is shown
jiosed the use of concrete armor on
manager. “It Is a large, open space.” Unger r/Estrango tells of a parish
but in all probability Is only to be by the well-known nuns G» the order
warships, and the Italian government
After some reflection the great vio clerk who sat patiently until the
ranked among the mf Hum self lumin of Saint Vincent de Paul, whose prlncl-
lias agreed to tests. That government
linist
Inquired, “How many will the preacher was three-quarters through
A PRISOM R IN I HF. < I.OÎSTERS.
ous bodies which sparkle In "heaven's pul convent Is nt Rome, whence the 1
already owns and employs several con
large,
open space contain when quit» hls second glass and the majority of
ebon vault.” And because of its spot "sisters” are sent to all parts of the j and balls of worsted. As the Mother
I hls hearers had quietly left the church.
crete steamships of about one hundred
full?”
tedness it has a place, although a hum world, sometimes for life, sometimes to Superior enters mi-ompanied by visit
| Rising at a convenient pause, lie asked
tons' capacity, and has found, it is
“Perhnps 20.000.”
change
their
nlside
again
niter
a
Slav
1
ble one, among tlie “variable” stars.
or» all the occupants rise; each seems
nMh the minister to close the church <1nor
said, that they originally cost only
“
Ah.
20,4)00
people!
And
you
of from one to thirty years, There is
to enjoy showing her task, ami giad how much?”
j when he had done, “and push the key
alsmt half ns much as Iron vessels, and
Mo Pince to Die.
embroidery of every d •rlption, chur-'i
| under It, as he and the few that re* •
that the maintenance cost Is little or
“Tour shillings each.”
The soldier of the legion lay dying io work lii silver or gold mingled with to answer any questions about it. These
rooms are bright and sunny, mid some
nothing.
In these novel craft the Algiers.
“Four shillings e nnch ! Twenty thou »nn Inert were about to retire.”
silks of every shade on grounds of satin
frames and beams are made of con
A committee of citizens who want or silk, while raised flowers with deli of them command lovely views of the sand at 1 shilling make 80.000; 8O.O0C
Ilrlulif Hoy.
crete. reinforced with round bnrs of ed to boom Algiers as a health resort cate lace stlt'-h s adorn sheets, pillow ■ i’eioro Mountains, clad in every variety shillings, £4,000. Well. I will play in
“What Is the worst thing about rich
of
foliage,
from
the
prickly
pear
above
Iron, and the akin consists of a single waited upon him.
o»!(*
concf
’
rt
for
£3.f>00.
and you may es'.'” naked the teacher of the juvenile
cases, tea cloths, underllnen. etc., nil
or double layer of concn te strengthened
"We wjmt you to change your • head- In the most artistic designs. Being en to banks of mnldetl Imlr shaded by have the other thousand.” St. Dm It class.
with wire netting and covered with quarters,” announced they. "' You're trusted with this work forms a groat i pepper trees at their base. They form Republic.
“Their scarcity,” promptly answered
a strong contrast to the d -m.il punish
an outside coat of dear cement for hurting
business here.”—Pittsburg alleviation to the sorrows of pris
the bright youth nt tin* hen I i'hirngo
11 el 111 ng Iler.
merit
cells,
without
light
except
what
the purpose of experiment, such vessels
life. Some of the women develop a
Post.
News.
“You loved her very much?'
have been rammed by larger ships, and
strong artistic power, and And real en ■an enter through n small grating over
"So
much
that
when
her
i
The Difference of One Word.
“no impression was produced.” But a
joyment In it, ns it obliterates js-rhaps the door.
band died 1 married her that
Olive What an It •
.... . >>t it wilt
“lie used to be in the newspaper for a time the darker pages of mem
carefully planned experiment In time of
lie If the time ever comes when every-
’When a woman Is violently opposed share her grief and so b>«en
|ieace and a rude and unmannerly shell business, but he's studying for the min ory. Besides tills branch of labor, they
"And how d'd It work?”
’awl-- ■ an get a seat In tlie street curs.
or torpedo In war time might yield very istry now. He says he decided he make etislii >n lace and spin arid weave to all talk of marriage for h<-r daugh
"Fine' I'm sorrier now for
Violet Oh, I don't know*. A girl
couldn’t be a reporter and save hfs linen: also cotton, silk, and wool for ter, It creates a suspicion that in her
different results.
wo Id never be sure then that she was
own marriage she f iumi the seamy than she is."- Boston Post.
soul.”
underclothing of every texture
pretty.—Puck.
,
side.
"Huh! Ills old city editor says he warmth.
Opportunities of To-day, a new rn li
Few men are ruined by great of
t>e
a
reporter to save hir
way magazine, publishes an interesting couldn't
fonar»,
but
Whitewash
will
not
hide
the freckles
most
men
are
sufferer»
Some js-ople exercise their rights so
More thin this visitors cannot a*'
list of 109 Important railway officials, soul."—Philadelphia Press.
« imJetMi they have been granted a penult; much they work them to death.
on a malia reputation.
from the effet-:» of petty folly.