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A PRACTICAL TEST. Tllli curia'1 'it uuitii, uioi iuo ,l;iy wan over. A drama it li.nl been called. Iut It partoi.k or t i-ri a -ninl II stroll climaxes, handled i tln'J' were by competent players. itn received lijr tin' iimllciKv with jticotitroited sltiriiiM f applause. jlj friend Lester iimiI I. old theater fAr ns wo were, thrllbd with tin otliif nt tlu strong human touch of llie aclnrV iirl. ninl were silent n wo ilow I)' miovi-iI outward In tin- perfumed tn,U mi'l dialler of tin- fashloni-hlo fnvnl. tt'c went ton quiet restaurant neltni'H of. h Iir I lit noisier pleasure inkers tt : 1 not follow, mid ordered our jl,,,., ninl a!i'. It.-lcasi d from Hn' spell of the eoiin lirf.'ll world In which wo had lived for ,,,1111' two hour, tin' prosaic reality of ..tu:il life iTought iih back to our Dormul condition of mind. -pursn'l II seem strange," said Les ter, nliu carried all kinds of tlicui li s i bis li .ill. 1 1 1 :i t n play lil'.o that should liiprisH nny one fin a true reprosctita tl.u of life?" "fa It seemed to tue." I answered, in wtiii sin rls. for Lester. I hud notieed. b:'J jii'liN d as fully. If not more so. to Ibo sp'll of tlic performance lliail I myself li:id. "Tlie plot was far less Iui in Icilil" lliail the happenings set forlli In our daily papers, the situations were tir.iiu-la about naturally, and (lie hamt I'M of the characters iiiiusually wi ll s:iliag''d." "Vis," said Lester, "1 know that's tree. Inn yon haven't caught my idea. No winder, though, for 1 haven't n l uuccil It yet. I wiih Just thinking of ll In nonage that playwrights and tiov i.;i.!!i nil in the iiiouth.s of their char acter. When do you ever luar real lni li h' such slllted lilgh-llowu talk'.' of course I know It's necessary for liiiiu to Improve on our everyday slip 'IiihI Hugo, or the whole tiling would I a fiasco, but. nil the same It Isn't true lo nature. I refer particularly to firimj emotional scenes:. In such crises Ginrval life the participants will always ,is what little Ideas uf irranimar. con- s-niciii.il. and choice of lanuae they Ufrally have, ami cither stammer out j u lut uf Idiotic coniinonplaccH. simply rar, or tnrii duuib in brutes. Now b Ha- uovel or the ilranm their talk I :;.!) rises to the i'iiier;:cucy. That's J m. of course, but It lu't tnnh, "I il'.u't altogether nsree with yon," I si'J. "1 thin kthat even In actual life t on ninl women when confronted with nufi'iiat and smitten danircr. sorrow ' other muring seniln.ciit, rise above rir petty conventionalities of expres '0 ami use languago honietlmes as Ksiouate, lofty, an, draiuatlc as that tlniiiiii to literature or the stage. We ...i.. i . i . . lWuiiKins to literature or the stae. We ft 'fliia in'iihle li:: o lieeome slaves to ,..TOvin ic..iio u:: c ueconie slaves 10 Ji'f irlitlciiil and have frittered away i funs mi soriiui iiiings. i c express iirs.-Ivcs leikilv. Khui''llr. nml poor- we aim at pertuess, and brevilv, id luive a foolish dislike f..r allow ing jits io see what Is lu our hearts. JrvilioVtaik Is deroted to diplomacy, irptiuii. ami the coticcalinent or our ""r'ln. Hut. nt heart wo arc still 'ii mid women, and u genuine ami virfiil emotion will. 1 think, In live 'fsuirt nr six. bring to tue lips words Hy as theatric, melodramatic and ';" as those wo heard on the JMs iii-night or rend In books." "Vmi're wrong, old man," said Lester ""i""'nir way. "Mere Hopeless i . ....,.!.! ..... ... .. 'liiituris.pie lu our parlance. lict!' or ur Into nu end of II ftli act ilc Jonuut. and wo cither get toiigiie ll r talk iiuiutclllirib'.o rot. (live f '"'if mi hour for preparation, nml lit think up something aiinio- "f lo sav. but mil off I.-....I v.. i,.t 1V Just as the fellow did who on 1 t 'lilK Inline unit Hn.ltmr i.u i i "ily liar 1 . 1-. i uiKinvii, 1111,1 Te. this Is dlc-il ins'' ...I wugratiimur.andsiidden shocks I r:"al to syntax. People dou'l In- j '' in lierolcs nowadays. They sltn- I w"'t do It. The twentieth century j I'licre S nnfavorn i e in iiiem I'lnher lu the idav to-nlL'ht the -! 1 "f mid wonderfnllr f..i..i,i.,.f ,.,..,,...! Vifor the artist' -if. .. i..o. i... i- ' t "-'H tn her killed III the duel'' Wh it I , -ii.i . .. woman off the stage doV Cry. i j . '' 1,1,0,11 '" "I"-' wi.iild sav "" "' s ethlng like, afiilly aw ful." " Oh. isn't It said, as the chops came up ";, "IUl fr!,Krillit. "you can't expect to la'.k bhmk verse and Indulge ' '''aicd apostrophe on ordinary oo "' ""'I I dare say that the llrst ( f" liappen to witness n rcene .' I'roper amount of tragedv In hear some talk very much the ; oii ll nil bet ween novel cov i, a,'r"ss the' foirtllghl V '5"a not," Kaij i.litt.r ,u'f was a brilll.-nit -.,,. . "'"I a future bef ii-.. hi... i ,.iJ ""I W ith Some C.1''criU.sa H o I.I..HI. '"'he, and we coullded lu each '"'i ruing ttie cut nud (It of our i - ...m ei wreaths. f.1.,71n'il,('"K;l-,,l lo i. Rlrl with the n1 r,,'l frankness of a child, and . orty.seveu fathoms deep. ! had r - iuiii I in... .... ..... . .. ... - ...,.i no,, niwaya relt iiko "sl'i'kasteportwo when I did. 'Mushes lL-...l , i i.i U III17 lifcf I IHIIt S I'ank that was likely to cave "if Wn ..i .... ... Ui.uii-u io i.ester, ami ' "'" never we met 1 bad girl "l in overt- t....,ll.l.. ...i f l-vssiiin- BIJ e UIHl , ...-SMirt. , envl(.J ,m U iiesser I 1iB . . -I'l'i'iess. aud encouraged : - fir". bll''f ,1'"t tue ear1u was i r '"i iini.i. .. . .. . V w 1U lutiabit. K-ns D Dous'''. nd very lit- ! ! j. '"raiiout lister. He was In-1 S 'f t i i ' an'1 wl"'n ,ll 1-!lll,'u ' stinct still remains I" '"' n with nth- I UJ ii ,alk,', n,K,ut M ,,U!,-!ers- the rule apparently being that all ff .. "chltecture aud drain-1 instincts which are harmless to their ...J1ISC I her nern lo ill ,1. i . - lor sareiv s saKo. uei..i.., ia,i '"""''l aiore of stars an.l : fc J "Unity ail( me j, torn unt 'hose eye ir:,V"'r '""Iter of that sort. V, "f ''"-''-'mellts U. I.t me too "'-el. of LcMcruuu ,,,,. lmy to or four ''. s nerore the ti,,,,. I vv .'i to ad as " man. ami one ul'ti in. n 1 r.i'i down to his rooms to ,.,. i, i,,. ..i...... i He a l a n e Illeiils. I ..1...1....1. i. .. ....... i.-..n iiihi oil me ki red jin, I .... ,, . .i ., . ... er. I),. ' II lo-i'i i. "l,'d la h.s ti.l ii hunch r ' Iters he ,., Jllst received hv ii, a I. Lester open, , lie li.ht. dour and turned on "I llll. hie those lliiliL-n .mi ..( r,...y S.,1,1, ;, ecu-.e in v "'er this in !l .an,;ii. He quickly ,,vw , f ,,. i,,,,,,.,, I"e sipmre while envelope 1 kll.w he was most anxious t tti,.. Ti.ey ,,.. lo write to each other everr il'iv. It was s umx rr. .hi each iiiht ' the next, at w hich timeHiey were together. lii a el-ar. sat 'own. ami waited. I li' ard the teariiu: or the envelop,., and the rustle ,,r , coiiteais us he unfold 'd it. Thin there was Midi a loin; . lelle,. that I looked lip. Lester Was staiin- at the letter In his h.iud with a face w hile as chalk ami a look up..a U like that of mi imiinal when It d is. I Marled up. -What ," -a,i. Lester tossed me the letter. It was fr.uii t lit i;lrl. I made out of the scrawllm:. slop'ti' liaracters that she had married am oilier mail that afteru i. There were a few v.-uuo excuses ami regrets that only aeeeiiluat. d the horror of the hare fact. I tried to say soiuethln. "'Id man." I said; "er-you must Jon know -hear up -she's-voii know I " Lester didn't hear me. lie straight ened up and held his hand hlch ahovc his head. "I'alse!" he cried, 'oh, Codl falsel Inllnlle ami all powerful liuler of the universe. s love hut another name for lies, and faith hut a mockery:" "Lester." I said, 'listen to inc. If i hard, I know, hut " Lyes with heaven's own Unlit In ll" w,, " Itli his arm still r!li!"'': "Hi" Hint seemed the dwolllnj; I'""''' "f tniih-heart from which I "'""sl'l angels ml;:ht have learned loy- nl1' li've-soul that s nr whiter ""' ,"",l,'s of falutsl-hoiior Is but n ra aim constancy u devil's lie." Soinehody knocked at the door ami I sprang toward It. Lester opened a drawer to his table ami fumbled In it. A man had brought a packace for Lester. It was the Kirl's presents re turned. While I was closing the door Lester gut his pistol and put the ball straight for his heart. 1 knell In the smoke ami raised his head. A brief 'leain of Ills old iiul.y.lcal iili!l.isoi.l.;...il humor came iulo his eye. "Frank." he said, with a faint smile, "did you hear me get oh my sta-'e talk? Von were r!i.'ht-ri;:ht-'alMiu; -that-after till." Detroit Tree Tress. Costumes of the Screen .1 L Colisul-tleiieial dc Kay writes a i.a- 1 per entitled "An Inland Venice" f..r the UYiiiury. It Is a description ilf life lu tlie Serbian Swamp, Vemlland. Mr. dc ) Kay says: 'School out" at t hi- vilhigc school ol r.urg Is a pretty sight. 'I'm substantial brick building overlooks tin ever nun inuring highway, and i tic huvs ll llll gil is, losieao oi su iiiiiiu up a tills- - v ''":"'' "mihle iulo ptiul.s ami poh away lor ilear lite the tmys much like oilier boys, but the girls reduced fac similes of their mothers ami el h r sis ters, clad in bright but short raiment. ami visible afar olT through their strange inob-iaps with wings. As one moves down stream from lbug by Leine to I.ubbenail, these w ings grow smaller and colhiiise. .hl!e the skirts grow longer and nunc resemble tlie or iliuarr dress of women. At a tl.ince tlie Spieewalder knows Instantly, by t..e peculiarities of her costume, (roin w hat railage a woman or girl has come. At I .cine the m llll I ' iuli nulls skirls of alai inlng gii'th tiro no more, the gown reaches the ankles, and the cap tits close tc the head Instead of resting on a fraim work as In lturg. Thus the dress lu I.elpe Is perhaps more graceriu, Mil It Is more commonplace; It no longer testifies to t Iui t pride of the peasant father or husband which Is shown by the iu;niber of yards In the skirts of his v onianfolk and the variety 'if their caps, by the richness .of their dress as well as their Jewelry. o Success Without Work. When Charles Dickens said that all that he had accomplished had been achieved bv diligent, patient, persever ing iippllctttlnu. I"' only stated what has been tlie experience oi every success ful man. Nothing Is more Important to yotinir men than that they should early iearn and fully comprohcud this great truth. It Is step by step, by toilsome effort added to toilsome effort, that all great achievements are made. As has been well remarked, there Is no royal mail to anythim.' else of gn at value la this life. Work-steady, long-continued nml regular application-is tlie only price for which anything worth the having can be iMiught. There Is no great suc cess of any kind w ithout great labor. ShniKglnK '"" Shoulders. Shrugging the shoulders In cold weatlKT Is probably the survival of all o(1 lnstlnct. w hich prompts iiiem io l.ut the skin of the back on the stretch. and so erect the hairy covering of tmit t.urt. The hair Is now reduced to a rH ,iwn.v covering, but the oi.t in PJ nr.. cl.IUllltH. Ill S MIC Ol lllll r s ruciui All animals w ith lol; .r or feather . n et He ir cats () ut..lti.-r. for the warmth of Midi covering dep. ud -n Its thickness ami the amount of air It contains rather A HAIR. DRESNER'S GRATITUDE. I "li the I. .11, f Sepieinher. IT'.C. tlie ' f"Koii,.. ,,i, ion, ,,,,v ,.r ""ft an I re, I : i I nt. , t,, , PliHV i.r I hi. f "ery iu lltlelinil'd coil le lle lie l:. lr,.v ii. .. i... 1 v'h"""! M '"''"'. "I. olll.lal of the '"lolial .Wiu!.!v M ii "'.V iWHi,.. ! prisons, when eon- i 'let ,., f .r him. 'IK- i.....,iii.... .1.1.. ... " ". " mi li ar. no. I ..i... ar, and I.eL-ed nlto "ilMy t int I, lie ii,Il'I,i I.., ,. ll. ... ... i i . i ... . - ...x.-ii-.i in i.e navel. n,u was ,Ualnt the prison i. tiilailoi,,. hut the man was Insistent '"'J lin out: ""ii. ! merciful, Monsieur Adnilnls. "'"or. ami ,t ,0 he pIVed: I. who ' er n.ne iloiie anvl,.y look like s,.lm. reloclolls ii any hariu, assln wiih "' hull- thus decently ,r,.,. ' Let the I.,, liaved and id. so that I m.iv receive ;"" pity wh. u I to the s.alTo,' was l.y npailou a hid!..' hair ml a ill'es,.p( k" Jon iau see I was s otimll el." .'laiieau was so touched bv tills 'antic and pathetic gninie.l the favor. appeal that he la the sites f aiTalri he thought no ''"'IV "bout the wretched barber, who io Mipp.,..,., had been executed. Short ly atteiward the ,r..n Jewels dlsap-l"'ar.-d. and thoiigl, ,.ff01.t WiH imide. no trace of the, ,.,,M i. follM,, "lie day u muhiito woman, who came "".lai.tly the tribune of t. jaco 'In Club, iippronchr.1 Marceau. who was a iiieinher. and said: "What would you say If I enabled von to recover the missing crown Jew els' I know a man who has the sisret. but he declares that he w III reveal it to living human being but you. lie is under an obligation t you, ho savs." Wllhllttlcfalth lu the woman's storv, -Marceau answered: "I'rllig It) til lu at once:" An hour later a mail dressed lu the uniform of the National tiuard entered i no apartment, and said, lu a fain voice: ring ".Monsieur Administrator, I can show you where to lln.l the i-rowu Jewels, hut you must give tue your word of honor nut t0 denounce mo." "Denounce you ror rendering such an Important service?" replied Maiccau. "You will rather deserve a reward." "I can lake no reward except my life. -My mime caimt appear In this matter without llsklng my head." "Speak! 1 promise you what you nsk." said the magistrate. "Do you not recognize nio, then, mon sieur?" Imiulred the National Cuards maii. "No. I never saw you before." "Oh, sir, let mo have your word ns a magistrate that you will not give tue upl" cried th an again. "Why all tills mystery?" demanded the magistrate. "If you know any thing, reveal It. If you wore an accom plice. 1 will protect you." "No. sir." was the reply, "I had notli lug to do with It. I am l.anilevettc. tlie hair-dresser, w hom you allowed to Ik- shaved nt the oonolcrgerle. Al though 1 have been set free by the pop ular Judges, the tribunal may arrest me again." "Do not bo afraid." said Marceau "Tell w hat you know about this theft. ' After kissing the magistrate's hand, the hairdresser continued: "Two fellow prisouers or mine wore talking together one night about the theft, and although they Used thieves' slang I was able to understand them. I pretended to be asleep, ami I heard them say that all the crown Jewels were concealed In two beams of home In Dash street. Scud there a as quicKiy as poss ror lliey may yet have been taken away. Hut I not on- tn at you not to mention my name!" Tlie search was made, nml the Jew els were discovered, concealed exactly where the hairdresser had said they were. The thlew-s were never traced. They Were Once Newsboy. Nearly forty years ago the New York Children's Aid Society took char e of a small street waif named Atnly I lu ike. lie had been selling newspa pers, but the society scut him West to grow up with the country. He sue- ( ded so well that he was made lluv- 1'iiii.r i.r North Dakota sonic live or six years ago. The "Silver "Vngucd Orator" of Con necticut was a, newsboy at tue tirand Cellllal depot III New Yolk W hell he attracted the intention of a gentleman named Waller ami his w ife, who took tue lad home with them, gave him Ihelr name ami educated him. lie Is now Thomas N. Waller, a well known law yi r, who has been OoVeriior of ho 'Nutmeg State." Thurlow Weed, who (ur many dec ndes was a great power In Vow York and national politics, began life as a newsboy, and so did the late Daniel Manning, who was a Cabinet minister during Mr. Cleveland's llrst Presiden tial term. l-:. Senator David It. Hill was a train newsboy, and hi route wa between Albany and niitTalo. He worked hard In hi business and lefore he was II had niiide and sand J'rfUl lu prollts. Calms the Sen. Sailors speak of a heavy shower "liiioi klngdow n a s. a," ami that lu spite of the fmt thai I ho wind may still lie high. ""her hard to understand jied how such tiny drops can llatleti down the enormous swells of an angry ocean, but the observations i,f a well know ii Ktiullsh scientist explain It clearly. Lndi drop, he says, sends lie low the surface u certain iiiaiitlty or water In the form of ring, which, w ith gradually decreasing velocity ami In (reining sl.e, descend ns much as eight een indies Mow the surface. There fore, when l'"in I falling mi the sea, there I a much motion Immediately Itt.ncnth the surface as nlsive. only the drop are linger and their motion slow er. Tim unseen by the human eye, ii... water at the surface I being iiunie to continually change places with that l ath. aisl In this way the wave mo- . lion I: destroyed. Ha I Year lor Italian lnryrl. The extraordinary ralufii!! of lal miner ami auiumii " h i-..-. ....... the v; nevard of Italy. J tie wine litnl tn lie doctor. .1 w 1th alcohol and udor- lug mailer to such III eXI' til that It be ll, ah ll. nil. I large .. . II... Ill llll .oil " tpiaiiin. , haw t'.eti itestroyeii oy me iti-l,... t..rs. sanitary A man who will work, nml Is honest, is worth all the evangel'! oow In the bulDc I r ' liaynt The professor of ineclianics at m Lnullsh eollej;e ouef nave a lecture up- .III file l.ii.iiii..Ht-.k an. I ,..iil....l , . i.imi hiiii "-'I'.llllllll.lll. struck hv the nlisoriillon of on., inv. m l.. iui. ...... " 11 .. .. . ......Hi. ite sji.,e lo llie Hiiiill'III ai UT the lecture, aud asked him: "Well, 1 suppose you understand all about ti;e locoinotlvn now?" "Yes," was the re ply, "all but .me thing." "And what ; that';" said the professor, kind'. "I an t make out w hat makes the lecoin i live move without horses." The story Is told that an appo.ntmctit to a consulship was secured by a mar. by his use or a quotation from "Tril by." While In company with ccrtait. high political personages, he had noes on to !u.uire the price of some H illing object, and 111 till olT Iiand way t'si d the l a id's version, and nTlcr saying "I'l.tu b'.angV" added "Jo prong." The political personages were highly Impressed by h: knowledge or languages. A few weeks later he received the gift of a consulate III a Trench town. V countryman strayed Into a t 'low land art store, the oilier day. ami .coin ed most struck with a picture represent lug a lion s;alk ug In solitary majesty through the ruins of an ancient temple. He inquired the name of it. "A Lion, after tierouie," answered t'.i.' proprie tor; "you seem to be pleased with t'l.lt picture'.-" "Yes." the old geutleimri re plied. "I do s rt of like It. That's a powerful ugly lookltr beast tluir. and I swan I don't know as 1 blatno tleroni" w ry much forglulti' out of the way." A lad lu a remote country village swallowi.d a small leadeu bullet. His parents and frimds became very much alarmed about the matter, and his fath er sent for a physician some miles away -in basic," urging his speedy coining. The physician, however, took the ninth r more philosophically, and wrote the following note; "Do not b'1 alarm, d. U. aft. r three weeks, th - bul let Is not removed, give the boy a charge of gunpowder. Yours truly. , M. D. P. S.-Do not shoot the boy at anybody.'' The ipieen. when Princess Vlclorl.i. was olio day reading Koimiii history wlili the Duchess of Northumberland. It happened to lie the passage wiino a lioinau lady, having visited Cotnelli, l "the mother of the tiraechl," display, d ! n r casket of p e ions stoues. mid called : upon tlie Human null ion to produce her ' Jew i Is in rein; n. when Cornelia brought 1 forward her children, exclaiming: ' "These are my Jewels:-' "Jewels!" said the little princess, looking up Into the i face id the duchess; "I think they must j have been Cornelians." I A fond mother rei-etilly took her 4 1 year-old girl to a photographer to have her picture Ink but the child could i not be made to sit still. Flu illy the photographer said to the despairing mother: "Math if you w ill Ica.o the . little one nloiie w ith me for a ni.uiu nl, ! I th lik I eii'i M.lcceid." The mother left the tin in, ami In a few minutes w a i summoned htiek by the triumphant pho I lographer. who produced a sallst'acto.y j negative. When they reached home, i the uiothir asked: "Nellie, what d d I the man say to you when I left you j alone w ith him?", "lie thahl," lisped ' Nellie, "I It It thill, you little Imp. of I'll thiiiath you." Professor Max M idler tells a charac teristic story of Lord Maeaiila.v lu h's "Literary Recollections" III Cosinopolls. The advisability of providing for the in struction In Sanskrit of L'ngllsh youths , destined for scrvhv lu India was a de bated ipicstiou, and Macaulay sent tor Professor Muller. who was an advocate of such instruction. In order to luar i w hat he had lo say lu Its support. The lui.TvIt w lasted an hour, during . IiVIi the professor found it Impossible to gel III a Wold edgewise against the Hoed in arguments against his position whli-n poim-d from the historian's Hps. When the harangue was ended, he was dis missed u lib thanks for the valuable 'u-rot-matloii he had imparted. When the war broke out, the late tieiieral Francis A. Walker, who had graduated a year before from Amherst, went to the front. lie obtained a I. live i.f absence lo go home to Mas-i.ichn-setts, ami arrived there without having iiolitled his mother that he was coming. When he approached the house, It was evening. He peered through a w indow, and saw hi mother sitting alone, knit ting Then he stepped softly Into the ro in ami st ml I g bef- re her s Id, -ud-deiily: "Mother:" Mrs. Walker slaried and looked up at her sou, but did not rise. "I'ranels," she said, s-virely, "have you left the army?" "No, mother, only mi leave. I'm going back next week. I'licti," tieiieral Walker iis-d to say. "she Jumped from her chairoiud came and kissed mo. I have nlu.ijs wondered what she would have doii If I had left the army." YiuiiiK siirl'a Liberty. The liberty and freedom of action al lowed young girl of to day Is the sub ject of a forcible editorial by Kdwnrd W. l!ok In the Ladles' Home Journal. "Thiil everything In life Is tending to make people freer in thought and ac tion I undoubtedly true, mid It Is u healthful tendency lu the main -healthful for people of years ami self con trol." w rites Mr. Ilok. "Put no advan tage is without lis disadvantages. The freer our lives lieeome along healthful ami safe lines the healthier will our minds I nun'. Hut before we can safe ly profit by tl advantage we must have lived long enough to know how to Use them and to understand what phases of them to disregard. Ileiause women are freer to tiavil alone than ever In-fore, It does not necessarily fol low that It Is w ise and right that young girls should be permitted travel alone. Here conic tlie truth or the proverb that what's one man's xilon Is another's meal.' The time wa when n woman could not, with seir rcsn-ct, go lo a place or entertainment limit tended. Now she can. Hut that doe not make It right for a girl to do so. The chaperon I none the b-s Indis pensable to girl today than she was thirty years ngo. She Is really more necessary, for. ns things Mimic more n ii I more possible for women, they should M-oiuo more lnisisslbp for girl. This may sound hard and severe, but young girl must remcmM that a woman'! jcara art her jrotectuw whereas a girl's lack of yours Is her iVmger. The very aim and purK.o of the present tendency for woman's "tcr fied. on will bo defealod If we allow It to guide the notion of our girl. : 1 lie danger to immaturity always In comes greater as the danger to ma- I ' turlty grows le-s. This we should uov- j er ow rlooli. It Is a blessed change that things are safely possible to wom en which were absolutely Impossible a tew years ago. Hut progrss Is daiigr : ous as well as healthful. If parents i Interpret the present changing condl i lions by allowing greater freedom to 1 their daughters they w ill make a very sad mistake." CARNAGE AT COPENHAGEN. Tlie Ursnliitinii Wrotmht t'pon Mtntlr KrltLli Ship. dipt. Alfred T. Malum, who recently resigned from the Pulled States navy In order to devote his entire attention to literary pursuits, contributes lo tu Century an article on "Nelson la the Haute or Copenhagen." dipt. Malum says that the Danes fought nut on!) with great resolution, but with ail et fcctlvciicss that Is really remarkable in view i.f the rawness of the material hastily worked up fur the occasion, lit adds: A singular picture of the desola tion wrought on the decks of the Moil arch has been given by a uildshlpmi.ii on board of her: "Toward the close ot the action the colonel commanding Pit ib-tacliuiclit of soldiers on board told me that the quarter-dock guns want-d quill or tin tubes (which are used as nu. re safe aud expeditious thin In isv prluilngi, and wanted mo to send some one. adding, his own men wore too Ig norant of the ship, or he would iiaw sent one of them. I told 111 lit 1 knew no one that could so well lie s tared n myself. Ho, however, objected to my going; and as I was aware of the dread ful slaughter which had taken place lu the center of the ship, I was not very fond or the Jaunt; but my conscience would not let me send another on an errand I was afraid to undertake my self, and away I posted towards the fore magazine. When I arrived on tho main deck, along which I had to pass, there was not a single man standing the whole way from the mainmast ror w ard, a district conlalnl- g eight gnus on a side, some or which were run out ready ror tiring, others lay dismounted, and others remained as they wore arier recoiling. "1 hastened down the fore ladder to the lower deck, and felt really relieved to Hud somebody alive. I was obliged lo wait for a few minutes for my cargo, nml after this pause I own 1 felt some thing like regn-t, if not rear, as I remounted the ladder on my return. This, however, entirely subsided when 1 saw the sun shining and the old blue ensign Hying as lofty as ever. I never fell the genuine sense of glory so com pletely as at that moment. I took off my hat by an involuntary motion, ami gave throe cheers as 1 Junivcd on to the quarter-deck. Col. Hutchinson wol eoiuod me at my quarters ns If I had boon on a hazardous enterprise nud had returned lu triumph; the llrst lieuten ant also expressed great satisfaction at seeing me In such high spirits and so active." The effect of splinters t ragmciits ol wood, whether largo or small, being technically so call d-Is shown by In" same writer In a few scattered but graphic sentences: "tmr signal mid shlpman was bruised from head lo root wiih splinters lu such n manner as compelled llllll to leave the deck. Mr. Le esc. ute, number midshipman, who was my companion on the quarter deck, ami who was as is.ol ami apparently unconcerned as usual, shared the x 1 1 1 1 c rate. I attended him to the lower deck, but could not prevail upon myself to set root on the ladder to the cockpit." .Tin1 cockpit Is the place below the walelliiut where the wounded are taken.) "I b f liliti there lo make the best ol Ills uiy. As the splinters w ere so plen tiful. 11 may V Wondered how I es caped; the fact Is, I did not escape eu I i rely. When the wheel was shot away I was lu n cloud, but being some IIUIh distance before the vheel, I did not re ceive tiny or the larger pieces. tiur llrst lieutenant. Mr. Yolland, led taken care to have the decks swert, ami everything clean and nice, before w? wei t Into action. He had dressed hi in self In full uniform, with his rocked hal set on square" (a touch which recall Colllugood's eccentric captain, Roth cram, at Trafalgar, who, upon being remonstrated with for the exposure ful, dress entailed, replied, "I have nlwayi fought lu a cocked hat, and I nlwayi will"), "his shirt frill stiff starched, and his cravat tied tight under his chin, an usual. How he escaped unhurt seemi j v.'oiiuorful. Several times I lost sight of him In cloud of splinters; as they subsided I saw llrst his cocked hal emerging, then by ib-gns's the rest ol his person, his face smiling, so that al together one might Imagine him dress e.l ror his wedding day." l- lshra on Ibn Mountain Tops. Itearfort pond In Now Jersey Is over l.i'iim feet high ami Is chock full or bass nml rch. Ilow did these 11 m Ii get then-? Kor that matter, how do tint lish get Into the tiiiiny little hikes on the tops or uioiinlalns? It Is well known that llsh will get Into these mountain lakes, and that without a way of sw imming up Into them or he lug carried by men. It Is the general liellef that birds do the most of the work bv earn ing the egg's. It Is well known that waterfowl distribute yd ! low M-rch by carrying the sticky eggs on their fis't. Has do not become dls- ! trlbiitcd except by hand of man or hy going up stream. Trout go anywhere where there Is water enough to flout a , chip, nud pickerel gis; moved u re.ii; ! from place to place the same ns perch j do. Mr. Ilaiu roft's New Htiswl. Mrs. Kuiicroft, the wire or the his tor. an, when slaying lu lomloii, went one day to nn afternoon muslcnlc In Mnyfalr. tin the way she was attract is by a display of shawl--., In a Regent street window-, says the Illustrated American, and, stopping the cab, went Into the shop nml bought one, throw ing It over her shoulders to wear to the s.s-lnl gathering. The astonished guests at the mush-ale were editled by the sight or the elegant Mrs. Pan. roft float ing through the drawing rooms w th a placard on her back hearing the words, "Very Chaste." There la an awful lot of time waUi) la buying. LET US ALL LAUGH. JUKES FROM THI PENS VARIOUS HUMORISTS. OF I Irsaant Incidents Oicnrrlua 'h World tvrr-taluia that Are I'herr ful to I'M or Yean - t-'uonr tclcctlona that Vou Will Knjojr. V oil Light minded young thing In it bath ing suit-Surely, Aunt Margaret, you are not going to wear your spectacles In the w ator. Aunt Margaret - Indeed I nm. Noth ing shall Induce tue to take off an other thing.- Now York Tribune. I "Who escorted Ven sCNiicr. was that man who wn Jus: through this place by a Imiulred the Hum from the Some desperate character, no posse?" Past. doubt." "No, Dan. ' peter. stranger," replied Porringer lie's worse'n a desperate chill lie's a blame fool. That pose I composed of hi feller eltlxcns lu a town which some years since he per siiaded 'em to name 'Trilby.'" Wash ington Star. I A Neiiiliiilrr. I Tompkins Why do you wear that i string on your linger? I'orgot-To remind me that I hnve made up my mind to trust to my iiiem- ory In the tut inc.-Philadelphia North , American. liiCiriimtloii (itvrn While Vnu Walt. Angelina- So this Is the Information bureau? Clerk It Is; what can I do for you? "Is my hat straight?" And Angelina looked nppcallngly at the busy young man, whoso reply was lost In the mur mur of the waves.- Chautauqua, As sembly Herald. Jnat Fnlfnl tllin. The now missionary man Wasn't my predecessor a good man? Chief tlolakagalala-Without excep tion the best I ever tasted. Syracuse Standard. A plonili. "I never met a man with more su perb seir possession than tlen. Reg more." "No; the general I never ombnrrn od except financially." IndlanaiMills Journal. II.IT Tlionulit. Mrs. Itrown Jones They say there w ill I o inarrlago or giving lu mar riage lu heaven. Her husband -That's what makes It heaven. The Yellow Rtsik. A Omul liny. Kill her - Well, what has Tommy boon doing today? Mother-He cut off n piece of Hie cat's tall, broke three windows, black ened the cook's eye and built a boiillre In the cellar. l ather-Is that nil? Tommy must have been n good boy today. Now York Tribune. No Urnd for Klaiirea. "W. linen have no head for figure." "That's so. My wife Insists that she In only two years older Ilow than she was In v.i3."- Hostoti Traveler. Ki-llnltle. Yen know Casey, the contractor," said Mr. Dolan. "HI do," replied Rafferty. "Is he what yeM call reliable?" "Do Is the most reliable man Ol Ivor know. Whlnlver he tells yea nnylhlu' ye klu ileplnd an ll'a not belli' so." Washington Star. One of Ihe Plans. "Do you think the era of prosperity Is upon us?" "It must be. I've hnd a new tele phone put In nml every time I ask for any one the main nlllce tells mo he's busy."-Detroit Kree Press. Kcminiit y. "I would stop dilnkln'," said Mr. Liishfiirth, "but I can't afford to." "Can't afford to?" queried the man w ho was concerned. "No, Stop dilnkln', wife would net a new hat. New-hlc-hat, have to have now dress to mutch It. No telllu' whore would end. WTintehor golu' Pave?"-lmllamiKis Journal. W hat lie Wanted. Proprietor I wnnt a Itoy who doesn't smoke, chow, swear, read dime nov els Itny-Nfiw; whnt youse want la a g ill -Atlanta Constitution. I nvloils. "I." said the daughter of a newly j plutocratic sire, "was caught lu the I rain yesterday nud ruined a $' suit." ! "And," said the girl who wa poor ' but proud, "a twelve-dollar complex- ' Ion."- liidlatiaM.lls Journal. the True Messnr. "The true measure of success," lie gnu the grocer oracularly, "Is not the plaudits of the vulgar crowd." "What Is It, then?" asked the sarens tlc loafer; "thirteen ounces to the pound?"- Inillnnuis.il Journal. Tlie Pp-to-Hate Man. He Ami you will? She iblushlnglyt- Yes. He- W ell, dear, here I a rholee col lection of rings which I brought with tne Just for such ptirMtse ai this. You ' uia have Qrt pick. Kortb American. I ! J IS I iicrsilys, "Oolnj to Klondike to dig gold, are Jolt?" "No," said the mnn with the hawks bill nose. "I sha'u't proiect. I mean lu go Into buslue,H. I haven't quite uiiidtf up my min i whether to open a sahsin or a oomblu.sl umlornklng ami ship ping establishment." Indianapolis Journal. I ip'nlnril. "It seems to Is- a case of genuine nt taclinient," ald the young woman. "She hasn't Jilted hlln yet." "No." replied Miss Cayenne. "tHu hear'lly dislikes the girl that he Is go lug to give the eligageiuetit ring U next."- Washington Star. Wh-n l'nctnr Is.mrcc. .r.i ;t i in I'M li:'i, lit "Very g mil. my dear sir; we shall se nt the s.st mortem."-Punch. A Been nl Micr'wk I'n'm-e, I'lrst tramp Hero comes a llkelj liMiklu' guy. I'll Just brace him for u dime. Second tramp-It's no use; he has no dough. I'lrl trninp-llow d'ycr know? Second tritnii--Vhy, ir ho had he'd bo rldlu' a wheel, not walklu'. Pp to I'ale. fnrelr lnsnas Attorney-What was there alsitit the deeoasisl that led jou to Mlove he wni or unsound mind? Witness-Well, for the one thing, lie abhorred bicycle - HoMon Traveler. Mlau uleratnml, "I henr you are going to marry again. " "That," said the lady who had al ready disposed of four husbands, "that Is my business." "th, your business? I thought It was merely your recreation." IndlanaKills Journal. The First Fire. "And now, children, can you toll 1110 how the biasing sword got there? You may answer, Willie." "Please, liiu'ain, I guess It caught when Adam got llred."- Cleveland Plain Dealer. Most Kail lo ncceeit. lirlggs-'Krnhl It's going to Ik a bad year for Ihe Delawnre penoh grower. Ilrlggs-How's that? (irlggs-They ciiu'l get gmsl price for their fruit If the peach crop Isn't a failure. Kxchange. Illap irlty. "You're not going to the Klondike ro glon, are you?" said the liupocunlom man's reload. "No." "Don't like the cllmnter "ll Isu'i the climate. "If the sur face condition. There are too many mountain passe and 110 railway pu sa cs." Washington Star. A I'rlae Winner. lie-Why arc you leaving tho water ro soon? She-Well, I promised my sister to lend her this suit for the bicycle parade at 3 o'clock. Louisville Post. Hrasnnnhte. "What a wonderful lamp that one ot Aladdin' wns," said Mr. Illcks. "Oh, I don't know," said Johnnie Illcks. "It was probably a kerosene lamp and he couldn't rub It without striking oil." Harper's Itaiar. A Utartllnit Iltuaratlnn. "A New York widow I suing a mnn for hugging her so hard that he broks two of her rlb." "Hope It wasn't a newspaper man Il lustrating the power of Ihe press." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Away Ahead. Yukon-Since the Klondike discover ies the forty-niner will have to glvi way to the tiluety-seveiier." V hinder-Why. of course. The l7 represents the most advanced type ot wheel. The forty-niner wouldn't lie In It. Rut who' Klondike? Whnt wheel doe he make?-Philadelphia North American. A Different Matt'r. Real estate agent (out West) Oood morning, sir. What run I do for yotil William, bring the gentleman a cigar. Do you want tn buy a lot? Caller No, I want to sell one. Agent William, never mind the ol gar. -New York Weekly. Cia from Hawdust. The towu of Pesoroiito, lu Canada, where there are several large luuibct mills, I partially lighted by gs made from sawdust. The sawdust la charg ed lu retorta which are heated by a wood fire, the gas from the retort passing tuto a series of colls and theiic Into the purlllers, which are almllai to those used for coal gas. Lime li the principal purifying agent employ ed. When It passea out of the retort the gas M)ssose an odor much lost disagreeable than that of ordluarj lighting gas, and resembles somewhat that of smoke from a Are of green wissl or leave. The works lu use art small, turning out dally MO cubic me ter of gas, for the production of which alstut two ton of sawdust are re.pi I r ed. A man and Itoy furnish nil the la Isir needed at the works. The gaa In an ordinary burner gives au illumina tion of alstut eighteen candle power The best quality come from reslnotu woods. A quantity of 100 keg ol sawdust leaves a residue of twenty kega of charcoal ln Jay waa t and a ruin 1 tkuo oc It bulk.