BAN DON RECORDER, igsSssss
A CliniiKP lu l.i-nilltiK Men.
They hnil boon engaged for u wholu
week and met nt the same social func
tion. After he linil missed her for nn
hour lie explored the conservatory nnd
wns mean enough tu listen to n con-
vernation that she was having with a
young man whom bIio had rejected
that Bho might neceiit the onvesdrop-
er.
"Hellcvo me," tho discarded one was
saying, "I wish you every happiness.
1 thought nil the time that you were
too good for me, and 1 think that ho
will make you the bent of husbands.
It Is everything to me that you nre
content It will probably never come.
but should you ever need a loyal friend
Kcnd for me, wherever I may be."
"1'nrdon me for Interrupting no hap
py nn Interchange of confidence!,'
sneered the Jealous claimant, who and-
denly appeared lu front of them, "but
they nre waiting for you to slug nnd
naturally wondered where you were
bidden."
lie led her away, but It was Into the
hall. "See here," he began, "It Is high
time that you nnd 1 understood each
other. 1 forbid you running nfleryour
old flames, nnd particularly that cad
you have Just left. We're the same as
married, nnd there wns a ring lu that
chap's tone thnt I don't like and won't
have."
"And here's a ring thnt I don't like
nnd won't have." One swift move
ment, nnd he was nlone, looking nt the
sparkling solitaire lu his hand. She
called nt once on her "loyal friend" to
see her home, and there Is not the
slightest chance that tho real end lu
the case will be among tho wedding
guests. Detroit Kice I'ress.
II Polly Larkin.
10
to:,
Fort Huts can boast of having u reul
hero In lier midst mid Ills name Is Car
los A. Call. Oii.lniiuar.vlM lliu schoon
er J. Kpplngor drifted on the rooks nt
Fort Jtoss and mountain waves swept
over the little eraft. Captain .!onon
and Ills crew of live men, (dinging
desperately to the rigging, culled for
help, mill every attempt was made by
the re-ciiers, who gathered on theshore,
to launch a bout proved futile, the
wave throwing It back upon the shore
as If It was an eggshell, and all dibits
to throw u Hue ashore failed. The sail
ors became discouraged ami accepted
what they lielioved (o lie the Inevitable,
and the men and women abore felt
that all their endeavors to save the
(lisimed men were in vain. Then Car
los A. Call, h I my In blue Junipers, vol
unteered to mwIiii out after the ship's
line. Ills companions hurriedly tied a
rope around his body and lowered him
Into the sen. The boy took his life into
Ills own hands. The waves llnealeiied
lo overpower him every minute anil
dasli him on to the rocks, but he con
tinued, courageously sw burning toward
the coveted line, w hich seemed to elude
nothing eupo ber, but wo to the BANKERS' cbUCATION.
petty thief who oomes under her stir- -
Vflllanee. She will haunt them, all The Hankers Marine note nu
unknown lo themselves, however, and effort lu banking circles to help bank
she will bide bur time If It hikes days to clerks to "acquire a broader knowledge
accomplish the task she has undertaken of the banking buln(-s through a
to ferret out and will unravel the clev- course or study that can ue pursued
erly laid scheme until she see her way
clear, then her linn little bund falls on
the culprit.
The guilty party, while they may in
wardly (pinko with fear, but when they
seethe face of the one who 1ms Islil h
detaining hand on them their u-ur
mice comes buck to them for u minute
for they don't lielleve she would for a
moment inlliet punishment even on
the erring. There they are wrong, for
all their entreaties come (o naught, for
If the little detective believes she Is
right, and lie generally has positive
proof, you couldn't sw ay her for a mo
ment, fn -peaking of her choice of a
business career recently 1icshI(1: "You
know I always enjoyed doing a little
detective work on the sly In school, and
many is Hie scholar that would have
hail troubled dreams If they had but
known him much I hail ferreted out.
It is second nature to me, I 'oily , to act
ill the roll of the detective, and while I
may have lioen eon-cloneo-stricken over
some of the llrst few arrests I made, I
am u gisiil deal like the undertaker w ho
was asked if he didn't Mini his work
1.1... on every hand. Finally grasping It lml lwwltll ,.,.,,,,
he was pu led ashore by many willing ,w , m,
hands. Thou one by one Captain .leu- ' "...i
Humor of .Mli(iiiel milloii.
.Married Judy, "hospital trained," nd
vortlses that she will receive Into her
house any "Indy requiring care nnd
comfort, Including epilepsy, hysteria or
slight mental ense." The advantages
of being "hospital trained!"
The .South Itueks Standard hns a shn
liar mistake lu a delightful paragraph
describing some photographs taken by
n local artist at a fashionable shunting
party, "llxeollcnt portraits have been
secured," rims the paragraph. "f tin
Duke of , Karl , the Hon. -
tho Countess , who has tlie little
Lord on her knee, mid, Indeed, nil
the members of the parly."
In Toxns n limn once advertised for
"n boss hand oved o.OUO sheep that can
sp 'ilk Spanish llucntly." Then there
wiih the horse dealer who boldly adver
tised, "A splendid gray horse, caleii
luted Tor a elinrger, or would curry a
lady with a switch tall." A member of
a well known club was standing on the
steps of his clubhouse when a stranger
approached nnd nsked, "Hues a mini
belong to jMiir club with one eye nam
ed Walker'" "I don't know," was tlm
answer. "What's the name of his oth
er eye'" An ndicitlsomciit contains
the request for "a conehinau to look
after a pair of horses of a religious
turn of inlinl." One Is reminded of the
countrymiin who went round to Isirrow
it "recumbent posture" In wlileh to
I a Ice his medicine.- Loudon (Hobo.
by one ( 'ajitalli
sen and his live men crept along tin
life line, the cnplalu, like the true sea
until that bo was, living the last to
leave the (loomed sehisiner. They did
not have a moment to spare, for pros.
eniiy tne wnari went down wltli a
crush, but I lie crew ami the llttleerowd
of lo-ouors hail reached a place of safety.
kinds of grewsonie and slekeiilng
Ights.' We got uod to our bushier in
every form as well, and delight in II.'
BRIEF REVIEW.
without Interfering with their regular
business."
.Many bank elerks seem to wish for
wen us of self education so as to pre
pare thetiuolves for tbe "higher duties"
of their business. Tbe recent conven
tion of the American Hunkers' asso
ciation vobsl $10,001) to give a scheme
of education a start As a rule bank
er, It appears, work by "the rule of
thumb" They lenrn by practice nnd
grndm.1 accretion of knowledge, not
having any sort cut to general princi
ples.
The Magazine shows this entertain
ingly. "On examining." It says, "the
questions which It Is proposed to pro
IKjiind to bank clerk9 to enable them
to educnte themselTes by discovering
the answers !! 'reto the wouder at once
arises that up to this time tho bank
ing business of the country has been
carried on with nny success nt all
without this knowledge, which It Is
now proposed to liupnrt, being pos
sessed by bank employees. Some of
the eminent bankers at the convention,
among tin-in Mr. Cromwell himself,
oiifcsKod that they did not think thej
could offhand answer iliese questions
Mr. Thompson of the Seaboard Nu
tlonul Hank of New York, an lustltu
Hun which propounded a series of
banking conundrums to Its employees.
Jestingly said (lint the ollleers In ask
Itlg these qucsliuiis desired to educate
their bright young employees so licit
they might do the work, run the tui-i
ness of the bank and let the ollleers
draw the salary."
Another Man Who Heard from Mars.
William A. Kihli-iif Ihivoiiiin. . V..
Then the Kpplhger soon pounded Itself Ly tlmt since IMe' he lias drawn from
Wouldn't llr 1 ' I .-, Am, 1 1,
A shepherd once, to prove the quick
ness of Ids dog, which wiih lying lie-
lore tne nre in the limine where wo
were talking, said til me In the middle
of a sentence concerning something
else, "I'm thinking, sir, the cow Is lu
the potatoes. 1
Though lie purposely laid no stress
on those words and said I hem In n
quiet, unconcerned tone of oleo the
dog, who nppmrcd to Ik- asleep. Sfime-
dlalely Jumped up mid, loaning through
the open window, scinmhlcil up to tho
turf roof of the house, from which he
could see the potato Held, lie then
not seeing the cow there, ran and look
ed Into the burn where she was niQ
Mnillng that all waa right, came Iwek
to the house.
After a short time the shepherd said
the same words again, and the dog io-
peated his lookout, but on the fulau
alarm being the third time given the
dog got up mid, wagging Ida tall, look
ed Ids master In the faoe with so com
leal an expression of Interrogation that
he could not help laughing fflnud at
him, on which, with a slight growl, he
laid himself dow u 111 Ida warm corner
with an offended air, as If determined
not to bo made a fisil of again. K
change.
'II ml ul llrlnif In I'rtnl.
"Mr, Kinltliers," wild Ida wife, "If 1
remember rightly, you have often Mid
that you disliked to see a woman con
stantly gutting herself Into prlutr
"1 do," said Smlthcrii itoel lively.
"You considered It unwomanly slid
Indelicate, I believer'
"Very." .
-Aim you min t we bow any unto
could allow Ida wife to do anything of
the kind ''
"Yea; I think so now."
"Well, Mr. Suilthers, lu view uf all
the facts lu the case 1 feel Juatlfled In
nuking you for a new silk drew.
"A new silk ilreedT"
"Yea; for tlm hut eight yearn I have
bad nothing better than four pvuuy cal
ico, and 1 want something Utter. I'm
tired of getting Into prlut."-l.oiiituii
Ult-lilts.
A Ilrrmlful lllunilrr.
Mr. Jlrtka-Yuu look all hrok nn.
Mra. Jlnks-l nm. It Just makes nw
aick to think what a fool I've been.
ion know that commonplace little
dowdy next door that I've been snub
bing so"
"Yea."
"Well, I've Ju.t found out that her
husband gets fh more a month than
you do." New York Weekly.
Tu mi lltlrriii.
"1 believe lu being kind to tu birds
and oil thnt," snld Miss llankypauk.
"but 1 (to think Clnra Deaijer curries It
too far."
"What has alio been dolug uowJ"
naked the other girl.
"She refused Marry Sluaieshcll In
cause somebody told her that niton he
to pieces on the rocks.
.st J
Hilt for the heroism of Carlos Call
thccnlllc erew would have boon lost,
and I bear thai there is mimic talk of be
stowing u medal upon him forlils lirnv
and im-elltsb net. Hut to Folly's mind
Hint is far from boing reward enough
for this bravo young man, iiud In
should be entitled ton ( ioveriimoiit po
sition for life mid one of the best that
Uncle Ham has to lie-dow on tlic-i
young heroes. Without a thought of
self mid knowing that the chances wore
against liini for over getting hack, mid
Willi no thought of reward, for the sake
uf Ills fellow men who were doomed If
assistance wore not given lliom quickly,
ho plunged Into the angry waves that
were Iahhig themselves into foam and
tlircutoiiliig to be Hie white winding-
sheet of Hie moll, lie fought ills wnv
m g the nicks gioplug for the life-
saving line. You who wore sitting
around your clns'iy llres (hiring that
lloree storm, shivering mid wondering
what damage it hud done, don't vou
lliluk tills young hero is deserving of
something more than a iiiednl or even
the modest purse that his friends ami
ndlillicrs would cheerfully bestow on
him, don't you think that Uncle Sam
would ls lining the rl thing to be
stow a lllc-fougt invoriimciit position on
all such hcrocM'.' I am mimic you do,
nnd mi doe I 'ul I v
his kite wire lunulas!- of electric itlg
mils, both legiilar ami irregular, which
may have come from -oino planet, and
the signals have Utn usually lu groups
of three, icgulnrly timisl like a Morse
sounder. When the ends of the kile-
sii-tiilncii steel wires are separated by
-ilk strands the spmks jump at twelve
-ccond liitcriiiiN. Then tlicremc mys
terious disappearances of all electric
action forseveial minutes. Thow olee
trie sparks come from a high point in
the air not near to tho low tension i
trio ciirienls of tlollcy and live wire.
Kddy Is about to begin u careful series
of iiieiisiironient.sof lhoM"pnrlc longll
He (lows not believe that the .Moim
sounders aHoct his who, beciuiM" the
dyuaino electricity sticks to Its who
nnd dues not radiate to unknown dis
tances, mi funis know n, a do the high
tension spui ks iiM'il in wiieless loleg-
laphy ami thesaiiii-liigli-louslou spmks
draw ii by him from the cloud. Kddy
says that these spark -igiials may come
from mi outer planet, U'caiiMieleetiiclly
travels at the rate of Iikmnh) miles a
second nnd is us tire I cm an light, which
travels at the into of sk :HI miles a
'ocond. treat variability In cH'oot i
irodiicoil w lion there is appmoiitly no
change whatever in the condition of
tht- upper air, so far as-known.
I In- lltnliej ilpinrnta In 1(100,
Although the embezzlements of Woo
show a decided increase over those o
IMKi, It Is to he considered thnt the to
tal of last .war was the smallest In -
years. The figures for HKK) are ?1
(W.MIll as compared with ?'.',21S.r.7.'l m
1MK.I, an liiore:ie of ?L',:w;i,7(iI. Lnr:
as this sum appears, It Is far below the
average of the last 2,'l years, which Is
? I,.HI,30I.
The losses for the year are dlstrlbul
ed as follows. Stolen by public nil!
elals, SI.IN'UST; from banks, $1,",
7(il; by agents. $''71,S7S; forgeries
1.1i!.!M)0; from lean associations. flUS.
100; by postiiillce einployet'S. J'JML
mlsoelhinooiis stealings. Susy.soo. Hank
employoos have the uuoiivlable repiila
tlon of heading the black list, and
more than throe-fourths of the bunfc
total was tn Leu by six employees In
Nowpoit (Ky.i, I'ort Worth (Tex i
Ullznbeth (N. Huffalo, Utitlaml (Vt.
and New York city banks under coiull
Hons which would not have existed
had the embezzlers been under proMr
sun oilliiucc ami the banks been con
ducted upon safe business methods.
There Is nothing discouraging In the
Ineioaso for tho jear, however, as It Is
still fur below the average. The com
pa ni lively smnii sums emliexzled are
an evidence of the gelieinl prosperity
of the country, lu IKKt-l the totols
were JL'iI.ooI.ihui an'! in IMM-I S.1.".2iKI
711, and these were hard time ears
-Chicago Tribune.
n i'cuioiiiImt, I said iuauH'ont artl
le that there were ways and wavsof
making a living. Well, I have another
Instance to quote in (hit, phnc of Hud
ilig Nomolhiiig for busy hands to do In
this world, that will not only help to
make Isitb ends meet but makes a nice
little income for tile one w ho is siieeiw
fill in the busni.s mill is iliHe(l lo
make it her life-work, but not one In
live hundred women are lilted for this
hilsiuew. either by ability or Incliiin
Hon, for It tcqiiiros u nature that can
forgot the deep sympathy for the nil
foltunatc and those who Mud them-
soKch in troubled waters and let stern
duty sway their hitherto very womanly
natures. They must ls blind to all
(ears, deaf to all entreaties, nnd In the
name of tlm law do their duty, hard
though it may bent llrl. Ibis I mi
lusts I Mi'nk of is nothing more nor Ions
tlmu the calling of a woman detective
I have in until! it IihiiiImiiiio girl who
i one of the most clever am! succcMsfiil
of the women detective hi San l-'ijiu
elxsi. Hie la a bom detective, her
father before her having U-cn m-knowl
slgsl one of tho elcveivNl and moat
skillful deUvtlvea on Hie oohmI. All
her life long, from her Uibvliissl up.
iiil girl had wanted to ls a detective,
and lu spite of the onlnsitn ,,f u,-
family to turn her attention iiiu.icor
art, in Isilh of which she was glfusl
and sluiwml uiiuhiinI tnlenl In the lat
ter, she refused to interest heivelf m
Hliythlllir tle fls h huslut., hut c1iom
as hercHMs-r In life the work of m de
tective.
Important DUcovery In VdreleaiTflephoiiy,
M. Ijiille (lull Her minouiiccn that
the llixl step bus liecii inadc in the
discovery of wireless telephony, lie
iisorils the iliseovory to M. Maichc,
the l''rench Inventor, whose experi
liients liuutler witnewsl in the forc-d
of Sti (ioriiiaiii. The trmisiiiltlor wa
ill a lioiim' on tlieoiitskiitxof the foret
It wiih connected with the earth In Hie
milliner in which lightning rod- art
oilliei'isl. Two iron "osth, ninety feet
apuit, connected with n conducting
wire, wcii' planted lu the ground iilsiut
lino yard- distant. oioos and other
.sounds til the transmitter wcrecloHrh
hetird.at Hie ordinary telephone re
ceiver attached to olio of the sists. M
Maichc will not divulge the secret, hut
claims coiiniiuiilcntinii is In n straight
line, not like the Marconi system of
wireless telegraphy by wave current,
but by circuit current, virtually on-
aiding a (lt en sisit to lie aimed at. If
the loooivci is not placed exactly in the
direction given to the current there
will Is- no traiinniUnion ainPtho rwH-lv-
crsou either side of the line of Trans
mission w ill not Isi allis'tisl.
VCuo Sovrea in tils OU Age.
An Aiiierloiin at iut wltli a wife and
four children and ill in his pocket,
went, to Mexico, having lost his for
tune in another country by spvidtlon.
This man m "gaine." lie started III
doing islil otiM of surveying down In
the hot country, mined vogelalili on a
small tract of land lie hired, gradually
iusOlrtsl Mmie upland ivunlry where
everjlssly said collce could not be
grow u, ami made h sinvis. of liU pUn-
ImHoii. He added more land as time
went on, anil now take jcki,tHM a year
from lils place. He is -sit nnu anil snyi
You would never think of a-..eltilhik- ,1",t' ww "wln to l.whU. prok-rty,
hr with the tHisiiie of a defective to gni io iH-giu mo over win
o lier. .s;jM, J, u,., M lU(Hll nillliible
looking Klrl and doe not Usik like she
would have the courage to arrest the
wurtd culprit thai hauutx Insi-.s. und
stum In the unfortiiiiMle U'llef that
tlioy have the right to help thcim-clve
to otlir HspU' money and clialleU.
ishe ditsjM with eouU4te taste, u.o-
nly ll In black with little knot of "," 'i t lwt 'J& nill.
dalllty llWam tueksl III lier HllllV
tfuhlell hair to add the bit uf bright
I'wo wireless telegraph liitruineiitf-.
aid to Iv tljeiiiost Hiwerful ever lliasle,
are to ls slilpiHl from New York to
Japan. They were made tptvuUly for
Japan, mis! will U iu.lallcU on two of laat it by eight tnluute. ills horse
'I'lio ti
IVnnles." snld Treasurer Itoberts,
are not composed entirely of copper.
the alloy being Id ier cent copiH'r. 'J
Iter cent tin mid It pi r cent uluc. Tin
csisi i ho tinvctiiiiictit n I out 12 cents a
punihl r o 'blanks.' iiieanlng the clr
cular iINK" picianil lendy to receive
the unpicssinu of I In- die. As It take
about lis lo welgn a pound the go
or out apparently makes $!.(! on
oci) iMiiind of pennies minted ami
would lu fact muke this surplus were
It nut that they are redeemable lu
gold upon preseuvitioii nt the treasury.
If ever presenlisl, though, of course,
the amount presented for redomntion
Is einnpiini lively sum II. . the eii
nles coined In this country are minted
hi I'hlladolphla b law-. This is be
cause formerly there wtu little demand
for pennies lu the southwest and on
the I'hcIIIc const, wlioio for jears until
quite recently the nickel was tbe small
est subsidiary cola in active circulation.
I here Is, however, a law before con
gress now H-rmlttlUB their coinage In
other lliluta."
A "UIhoU Hole" Mo mime ill.
t he government of India has inno-
t lolled the erection of a mouuiuent on
the site of the historically tu llllkllM
lllacK Hole Of ( Ul, 1111:1 Tli., iii.inn
O11 wl" h.'twceii tho pllUrs uf
tue line postottliV and the block of
writers' building wlien-a century aire
i no civilian wUo ruini.leil our cinnlri
III north India lived iiinPiearmHl the
oriental languages. All that Is left of
the Ural I'ort William, "in n cub of
ubout s fnn" of which 1 1 it ltrltlsb
prisoners were countied during a sultry
night lu a lleiigal June, is a row of
arclic ten fis t high, used at present as
a workshop ..ml stables Jolm Zeplui
nleh llolwell. I 1!. S., tbe chief civil
servant who refused to eaeae leaving
Id follows to the mercy of the sleeping
nuwah. SuraJ in) dowla, survived tu
write the famous narrative of the bor
nir. whence tbe new monument is to tie
called 1 1 ol well's monument. -Cor. Scots
wan.
'( IMillna.
Oonnau papers say that Captain Itar-
on 1 lolling recently coverwl a dlst.iuee
of Ifl kllometei (uv, wlle on hori'
l-aik lu 25 uiluiites. Up was raoini:
with a railway train from Craben t..
uie iiemuisrti.s.. of Carlsruhe and
A MUTUAL SURPRISE.
Tin- MePtlim lleloccii nil Anililtlona
Jlioiter uml Ills I'lrsl Cirliilr.
In ".-kitchen of Life In the Onlden
Sti (" .'oloiiel Albeit S. L'vnns tells an
fimiiflni anecdote of nn ambitious
hunter ho met liU Hrst grizzly liear
In procession. The Incident occurred
In the woods near the site of the pres
ent town of Monterey.
The hunter ant down to rest in the
shade of a tree and unwittingly went
to sleep. When he woke, it was near
sunset, and he sat up, rubbing his eyes
nnd contemplating n return to his hotel
several miles distant.
Just then n runtlltig and cracking
nolso from n clump of chaparral nbout
lbo yards away attracted his attention.
Out walked n prlwdy bear, a monarch
of his kind. lie yawned, licked his
Jaws and then advanced toward the
tree where our hunter snt, but evident
ly was unconscious of his presence.
Ills grizzly majesty had proceeded
nlMiiit 2d paces when a female benr fol
lowed him. and nn Instant later n third
crlz7.lv followed her nt n slow, ahnni-
bllng HI CO.
The hunter snt spellbound with ter
ror as the procession come toward him
until the forward grizzly wns within
30 yards. Then, scarcely renllzlng
whn't he did. he sprung to Ids feet and
uttered a frenzied yell-yell upon yell!
The effect wns magical. The fore
most bear sprung Into the air, turned
sharply about, knocked the female
down, rolled over her, gathered himself
up and bolted "like -10 cartloads of
rock going down a shoot." straight for
the chaparral again, the other two
hoars close at his heels mill never turn
ing to see what had frightened them.
The hunter, seeing tho eiicnij re
treating, sprang to Ids feet nnd tied nt
top speed for the hotel, leaving hat and
gun behind. The truth of his wild and
startling tnle was proved thi.,iext day
by the numerous bear tracks of differ
ent sizes found In tho marshy guuuid
tidir by. Hut the three bears had gone
off beyond pursuit.
SINKING SHIPS.
They llon'l l.lnurr In lliieinn linl
(in lo (hi lliillolil.
What becomes nf the ships that sink
at son? Do they go nil the wn to the
bottom or do they moot somew here un
der tlie surface a certain pressure that
buoys them up and holds them In equi
librium? Somebody, we forgot who It
Is, has given rein to his grewsnuie fan
cy nnd pictured all the ships lh.it leive
been lost In mldocean as wandering
about like so many ghosts hair wi be
tween the surface and the boitnin
There Is no foundation wbatcwr fur
such a notion, though many persons
have It. Any object thnt will sink be
lioutli the surface of the sea will go all
the way to the bottom. The pn-ssuie
I'licoimlorcd on the way down. Inch Is
simply enormous In the deeper parts.
has nothing to do with the object's
sinking, for It Is everted on the nbject
ns well as on tho water, thus equalizing
therollllltliillH.
'W? reason why the object sinks tu the
bottom Is Hint water Is not ci.tuinvssl
hie; at least It Is so little so that it Aovn
slty at tbe bottom of the son Is inl n tri
tie greater than It Is nt the surface Sci
entists tell us that the water at Hie hot
torn Is Just about as much denser than
the water nt the surface ns sen wnter
Is denser than fresh wnter.
This slight difference lu density,
therefore, does not nnd cannot stop the
downward course of a slaking ship or
any object that la heavy enough to
sink rapidly beneath tbe surface. Pres
sure, as we have said. Is not a factor
In the case nt all. Chicago Uecord.
TOLD BY THE GROCER.
It I ( iiiiti-riilln Willi ii Denf Wnm
n ii I. oil llli" n Cusloiiirr.
"I'll till 'ti how I lost n good cus
tomer the other dny." snld the grocery
man. "I bate one customer who Is ex
trunelv deaf, nnd to ninkc her hear I
have tr Just yell at her. It takes about
half an hour to get her order, nnd by
that tl ny voice Is pitched so high
thnt I can't f-'ct It down to earth agnln.
The other "hiy It happened Hint aft
er she left hi oil mo Mr. Oldboy. who is
n perfect prank Was In the nrniy once
nod a cieiit stickler for bowing and
(craning and all that sort of thing.
Wants a fellow he trades wltli to sa
lute and present anus and do all kinds
of things He came In and snld. 'Good
morning' I wish you had heard tne
volt nt him M.v voice mode the win
ilows rattle. He looked surprised, but
went on talking to me. mid I kept up
niiMveilng him In a voice that could no
In aid ii block uvwiy He got nuiddcr
anil mieldi r but I never know what
was up until finally he got red in the
face and said. 'Mr. Hlnek. sir. I am noi
(leaf. sir. and I resent your yelling nt
me ns if I couldn't heal' n eiiiuioti fired
In mi our ' With thnt out he went.
You see. I had buon talking to the
duif ladj ami couldn't get m.v voice
down a. .iln Yon try It some time nnd
sec If uii don't yell at ei cry one you
meet Tunny too. hut I always yell nt
blind iieoplc and foreigiiels. and I nl
ways whlspet when I go in where nny
one's sick " liidiiitiapolls Sentinel
IVfuL lliititan Nature.
"Tnlli nbout tlie I'railtlos of human
tint tire,' said a well known Insurance
net nt the other t'-iy. "No one else has
so good an oppuMuulty to discover
theiii as nu Insurance man. An Inci
dent occurred ti few days ago thnt
showed me a side of n neighbor's char
acter which I linl n "M'r suspected to
exist. A Hie broke out In his home,
nnd, do you know, that man went three
blocks to a ti lophoiic to report It when
tjiere wns a phone rljdit l.i Ids house.
"I saw the fire soon after It started
Jid rushed to give assistance. It wns
while helping to pin-1, thinus up that I
discovered the phone and tumid in Hie
alarm. Now. it takes a strong stretch
of the Imagination to believe that the
owner had forgotten there was a tele
phone hi his house. Thnt he should
have acted as he did undennliiiime'fl
faith In people In general.
"Think of It. There I was sweating
nnd endnngerlng my life to b.ive his
property, while he was anxious, evi
dently, to have It burn. Such conduct
doesn't encourage one to exert himself
for others"
Ily tho way." Interrupted n listen
'did any of your companies hold n
Icy on that house?"
Now you nre asking a leading ques
tion," replied the Insurance man, with
a guileless smile. "What I am saying
Is that the actions of that man are a
sad commentary on human nature."
Kansas City Journal.
n'pO
A lluiie "l.llirnrj ."
There Is a Ieudlng library of human
bones In London. It Is Intended for the
use of medical students, and the hones
are lent out hi exactly the same man
ner ns hooks from u circulating library
I he entire collection is valued at .".U4K)
and contains besides human bones the
skeletons of horses, dogs, cuts, oxen
nnd sheep-all animals that tlie Jitter
uinry surgeon is nicely to lie cnllfltfup
on to treat. The present market price
of h human skeleton Is from U to 20.
according to Its condition. A skull miiy
be worth anything from ,'ia to 1. I'or
n payment of Ud. n student can liorrow
nuy part of the skeleton that he desires
to study and may retain It for oue
wtok. A complete akelcton can be Imr-
rowed from the library fur the sum of
15s. dowu and a deposit of 3. Loudon
Miswers
Hit l'rj!ioHl,
i anting of tbe Itaromss llurdett-
couiis i.ord nought. in vnhl: "Miss.
l outts likes me because I never nronos
ed to her. Almost all the jouug meu of
good family did. Those who did their
duty by their family alwtns did Mrs
Hrowue (Miss C'outts' companloni used
to see It coining and took herself out of
tlie way for ten minutes, hut he only
weui into tne next room mid left the
aoor open, and thou the proposal took
pinco. aim imiiicdiatel.i it was done
JUM ( ojitt coughed, and Mrs Hrowue
come in ngulii '-Augusnm .c Hare
Itccullections.
Tin- M .n-ri uf Cum,
It Is better to confess Iguurau. e than
io assume raise Knowledge, in Stv -if
me careful study that has been tu,",
to the subject of uout it must lie a.lmit
ted that we are a yet uninformed m t0
its exact nature.-Medical Iteoord
I'himI Aunlimt Hit.
A certain music hall belle who had
Just successful! "landed" nn old and
wealthy nobleman sued an unpopular
malinger, nlleping that he had not paid
her siiltleieiitV w for her engage
ment at his hall. She won the ea-e
and was Immediately Inundated with
llowery congratulations from her
friends, nil of whom wore glad to see
the manager go down.
Not conic , with her victory, how
ever, tho bene must needs crow over
her beaten rival by packing up the
choicest telegrams and dispatching
them to his houw, wltli Hit (itlmatloli
that he might make what use of them
lie thought proper.
She regretted tills last concession the
next morning. Tnking her at her word,
the manager pasted the telegrams on a
board outside the music boll, headed
them "What Miss nightlo's friends
think of ber engagement" nnd left the
public to assume wlilcli engagement,
tlie professional or tho matrimonial,
was meant.
Then follow oil such messniros ns
"Cood f.u-fou. old girl!" "Pinned il.
OKI uortw nt ast " "Don't I.. i M,
wriggiu off the hook!" "Stick to htm
till you get the dibs!" "(Wriiul..
nous on your splendid haul."'
Another action U nrtidiuL-.-r .Minimi
III-IIUS.
00 CO WO URYt in
The r.rlcf of nn Animal Wl,01. 'HI?
llnd Been Kill,,!. ' llli
A correspondent writing to rA
Animals snys: Dumb nnlmah tst'M
w uh' ii mfcu mujjuuge or thelrS
by which they make known id.
Hons of pleasure or pnln and a n.iTht
catalogue oi wains nnu sorrows I
cently I hnd occasion to dispose j
(j-months-old calf which was J
nwny about noon nnd hutched
lliort dlstnnco from my residence. SStCc
When the cow came borne at uIS
t-ho missed her calf, nnd nlthonr
.....I,.,,, nlf lent, ,m(l.l "' OB
minimi v..i u ,n ft., uj i lieu in 'V
continued to call It by affceU?"
mooing nnd looking. The cow,
ever, only gave about one quart of,a l1'
Instead of n gallon or more, as for"1'
ly. During tho night she lowedntj
qucntly for her calf, nnd the rasp
morning when It did not nppearsto me
hlblted unmlstnknble slgus of illblj?
The orphnn calf wns no solace toartlc
She was driven to tho woods wltijw-vii
mate, but enme back and conttn o'1'
lowing until noon. She came ltr ncr.
the Inclosure, but would not catgr,''"Pu
Just lifter dinner n great coraat10"
was heard in tlie direction of whori'iC
calf was butchered, made by n nnJohlii
of cnttle lowing, having scinted'cffiE"
fresli blood. The grief stricken tao001
cow rnn to the closed gate nnd l'HiU
beseechingly toward inc. ns muM, .Huffi
sny. "Please open the gate," m'5J2J
being done she stnrted on a rit'-SUS
where tho other cnttlo were lowlot;''r"i!
In n short time sho came tkj'iw.1'
walking back to tho house and ."JSDS
ngaln permitted to como Inside thrTj1'-!.'
closure, when she deliberately tooirSlii'
a position nt tho kitchen door, tL-i"'"'1
ly looking In mute despair at (lip!
member of tho family ns they Mu1'?'"'
ed to pass her. Tlie tears flowed pSllpS'
ously from her eyes, und then ,'
stood Hie balance of the nftetplrjj'
weening Incessantly, wltli the s.m,lJiJi2.,
parent grief that a mother woul!j?.l's
... in
her dead child. It rcnllv ciiisn.1
tlio.l limra nt svinnKliv tnr II,. .JI0'"?
n..v.. ....... v. .v ........
animal.
A ltnttlemiuLe Trnii,
' edh
moug
IiuT?l
Ilattlesiinkes were tlie mot di
bung
ous wild nnlmals with which thee-iiy
settlers of Now Jersey had to coo?2liU
very numerous, aud 'f-S
bite. If not tieatod propeily at rV-VS;
They were
Siurios r.-.wr
u MM.:
was geticiaiiy fatal, tn
i i i ii.,,......-- i.
.i nn-! ii mi iihi.iij i. u MWiiirnii
cites an Incident which gnes an jpf.jjr,
of tlie abiiiidan f rattlers in tlirj;;,!
colony: ir.Tivi
lu a quarry from wbn h the nfSr.Ti
men were iiigageil 111 getting out r'jt&tt:.
for the foundations of t'rlticetoD .SlTili
logo a wide ernck in Hie rocks was r,7i?ur,
covered which led dow nward to aliisjs,
cavity, and in this cave were ('ftfwi
about i!u bushels of rattlesnake loiajSftui
There wns no reason to hellcre'Bp'ui
tills waa n snake cemetery, to "sigN()
the creatures retired when they
po-eu iii"y were nil m. nng uie rm
of their days, but ' It was, nlt!jj,
doubt, a groat rattlesnake trap. STSVi
The iianow, winding pass.ip, .iaTJi
lug to It must have been very attrjfxpjl;
Ivo to a snake seeking retired quar",
lu which to take Its long winter hjuiL'
Mtlioiigli (he cave at the bottom of pTfiici
gloat crick was ensy enough to fcftii
Into, It was so arranged that It 'Yes.-'
dlllieult, If not Impossible, for a seah
to get out of. especially lu tlie fpt!gSlr
vorr tiaiid';
Hlld-tl- Will U'l.ll..
Hobby ciurTo home Ollll till V
ii'in, .ii.. ......
....m w.,1 ,, oruisprniid trundlln
broken bicycle. J
W hat on earth have you been doing
nks 11.1 fit . . "(
exclaimed his terrified
my cbild
mother.
'1 ran over a IiIl- do
W. explained Hobby.
v ouidirt
tbe road V"
and took n
you see blui nnd give him
the lHste.t Japanese cruisers. Itiev
hs.'h thnt they w ill ! aide to trau-
Witliiu the btst tHciity -vu the
oolor she loi. Ymi would nke ln-r I nuinU-r of American snd KiutlUi ft-
to Im more on the order of our society I'Male physiebttic In Asiatic eouu tries
yimiijr ladltk who have nothing nioie ha luetwMil from 3u Ut'&i.
urgent In life than to kill time and
MMiuiiviit on their lalett etumuest. the 1K' eheHisi-! pMal rvk In the
went out rowing he alwais featbml swell iwrtle isut ami fuiu ill., i. world Hlluit of Jaiwu. loltr-art eon-
lildirM' ri,i..n., rii...n.. . . 1 . i i .... . ...... .
v.. ..,... omii eiigNgiiiieiiUHiiiioiioeu. iiinii ii... w-iiHjiiM-aisHiiseveti-iviiiusui a ih-iiuv
Jitst wUtarel of that mv not supi.sl
to w imiuieiy known as yet, theaxilfl There mv ailkeuX) wouieu servaiiu lu
UnuiMihal liavelaliioiheraniUMHUMiis UHidoti, aud 10,1 M of these aiw alwa-s
ih urn siiaius etc. .sji imir-ihp the ' out of vitumiuur uf chauguui pUum.
ovwi Unmh- ol her wiiy mlUug aud k- .
UHnllw uf cure, but her iRHty srk-J llie(!UaviMfj ontksiaottuVW ivtawwd
lillg hlue e, are ever ihi the alert and hi the State of lWea, Mexico
.Nul h rrrsU.
Larry-The doctor si 01 uade glass
en. How much are theyt
Optlclnn-'Do you wish ntwe glusv)
I.arry-.N'o; 01 want oye glnssoa. Ql
can't -s troo wo nose, kin 0I New
l'or' orld.
had tweu ess. iy tralued for the
ride, having lvu fed on a prepared
food lustead of for weeks. The
rule was aeooinpluhiid without evtraor
dlnary eiertlos. and the boie wa 1 1
ftv - ire work at ttw Unlsb. .
A I'ulil w rnllirr Jiikr,
A busiuos. niuu eaiue dawn to bis of
Dee on wiuter moralox when It was '
bitterly cold I
"When, how rokl It Is!" b said to '
one of the clerks "Just t-but that safe. ;
If you ph-ase "
'the clerk oUjisi, with uuuled
.lit linonllto (.1-11 1 u.
Mr. Small Do you know ber?
Sirs. Small -Only by reputation
husband It the Inventor of t ta
ller
cash
register ror married men's truiw,.rs
iocett.-Aliislo's MagHzlne
I'lnliit.
A tailor mad suit Is souietiim f0.
lowed bf a lawyer made ult and this
u turn by a uonsuit.-St. Paul nu,
IMitch
Only In IV taiea inn u inarrhsl worn
au disouae of ner siuamle and unto
(end. ni estate by will. In ih ivmaut
iiii-h pin- iuui nave me vvnsoui
r uer liu-lund Iw-fure slie can ih he,
wu propel ti as kite may wish.
'os: 1 gnw til ami in. m.ni. .
i , , . . " ivti uiui; out.
but when I gt within !.... ...
of him I shut my eyes, nud before I got
7 "u"' i u ruu luto blm."
"tor the land's sake, w-lmi .11. i
shut your eyes for?" '
"Couldn't bell) It. Unit 'tn ultd..... 1 a
nil it. . . : -'".. 11
when , Z "" n0"' 0Ur ees "I"
wuen the aueete comes, you Ju,t tri it
if the SllHiluv IhUk. .... . .
. miiika DOOUV u Y au.
was not a talid one. i m. ....
limr i,.k,. .1 " some
vviuHUIUII,
.Nt .IrictiliiL!-
Tbt mmu who ftsu itbs Co,.i..
.s. .-Ik. " ' '
tlllU IV
rl...i... 1, '"" 'e woe
..u,.v. mi-Hi', m,. an., , ,,
niiA.1 . .1 ... . ''ii.
- M 1T-HU1II llllln 1. .
on 11.1 ....... .. .. nuuui ue
a put UOUSC IttUkill.''
Ih U lUU Ittir lor an.l ... 1
abiiuupWhrniichdigXr
A ataii is a fool In ha L. .i,, .,. .
I k .1 1- Li. 1 J - V . . V"
. iuvh muru urn cvww iswrsis ois wmnaa. ami ne M) a fool to tn
curiosity no louer ho asked: Jealous of a worihhws one Now nnVt
"Kicuae me, sir, but whj aid you lll your own cvmlusiotHi I'hleago New.
ur iu niui mv sarer
" hi." reulleU bU eaatalodrer, with a
, lf chuck le. "there are a good niauy
trafts In it: it kafe " IaiuiIou I'uu
Maudhur round tbe street. M not
the only ti) 01 loaant - Ateb . n
i:.bc
llolirlrkk II-...
Mrs. Shear-01, ,iu.. ,. '. .. . .
does blow! ' uuw lne w,,",
know , he wind , d0 MsxhuJZ
'Bui the other day rou ..1.1 .1..
rj..you-;:w
... , itui upr
Bat' UUlla an.,.)..,. .L.
like a m n,.- i " ' was. J lint
like a woman! Never can sti. t ... .1 .
when these ciealures are
ami weak, having li.cu nouilsljejij',.
11 unci 11 loeirowil lill. 'VjTl
Thus oar after year Hie nittlesmt i,roi
must have gone down Into that aqieds
wimt knowing that they could w ui
get out again. (ugifl
wliij)
Tlii- lliiiisc I ' riili 1 -in In I'lirlt. dim)!
The housing problem Is one tliat a.r
years ha, lain heavily on those ju, '8
small liid.mes In 1'arls.
Hvery day the I'retich capital (orTfi
comes more aud 6re Impossible I'logfR,
rrsldeiice for poor people and, "'youg
handsome houses grow more numcro 'gii,
reasonable lodgings become scarcer heatl.
Tlie poor no longer Hnd It easy to jjjn
cure apartments at n modest rental have1
Hie city unless they nre willing to uerst
eonllned lu bnrrnckllke tenements Jjl
the sixth or even seventh st..ry oriiyS
olY In a courtyard whore they gett'oiauj
little daylight nnd hardly cut seeVflai
urn. gjjfr
The W'lrkliigman has thetiforc t5ESV
obliged to mlgrite to the citklru jmt
the city, and whole suburbs, like -donS
Vlllettj on one side of I'nris and 'ijc
nolle on tlie other side, nre now Inb 1
itisl exclusively by Industrial coliimweiT
Hvery exhibition In Tans i-foil(
brought -t tlse In rents all nr.'UiuU "g
today the landlords' dues nie lilJ'Ani
than ever. Loss nceomiiin,! ltlon pauj
available hi I'nris for n given ret TC
thnti In Loudon, nnd the sanitary Medfn
dltlons nre getiei-ally Inferior wajr.
The better housing of the work" won
classou, however. Is now !" slnnc s'eeu
to attract the attention of r f"rw seV'
nnd when Hie extension of tl"' jtian
eventually Hikes place p rli'ps ' tlTelt
itnprovenient w 111 be effect, d -Vr vvas
Cor. London Mall. f3
Engl
.1 no lo 111 (null,., Curious ( luck, rylj
Huslien castle, cnstledown !' hnd
Mnu. Is the ancient seat of t' 'JSlli
and lords of man. The castle n a ffrooii
table curiosity, both hlstorh ally Tifie7
otherwise. The first mcnt.ea e tl!
dates to the year 1S.1T. It w.n tl-ton
after six months' siege In the J"SE'l
131.1 by llobert the Hruce. The cf'IrocB
Is built of limestone nnd Is 11 -t a raneat
Ltitll a few years ngo It was used ' lyou
lirlson. The tow n clock swn in Um
castle wall wns preseuted ly Q'dUp
i.iiiatietli lu the year l.'iHi. II 1 as op riuii
one hand on the ibnl. This is t!..' I' JLI
hand. The tulmites nre Judg 1 hy '-Bn
iwsition 0f the linnd botwoiii t!.1 Lfthat
The works of tills clock nre nls" a wWm1
olty. The weight nt the en 1 of t! raaM
pendulum Is n lnr-re stone uuJ It -
driven by a rone coiled nronn-1 a cy"!
tier or wood, with ntiother st. -e at '1
end of tbe rope. The clock Is st 1 gu
a(ter Its centuries of service nn ! is t 1
tbe towu clock.-Newoastlo .Lujli
Chronicle.
lli.nr. Tiililf CiniiiiHulol"-
l'ln lter.' wrltimr table a . i&
aw 11 small tray containing a 1 ww
Of grotesque figures n wood." bf'j
tlliy devil, two or tbr.H cats HP ll
thein playing a tiddlei and s 1. rl
hits. lUeii ald "I never wr t. a"
Shi Hue of any of mv ilrninus w dw
having that trav and its . m .n.ti t'l
fore me on my table I could re t
M'-tioi. ui,.l..r ... ll(,M'.
Itliout them Hut why I ui t! "1
wy owu sivret " Cosmoi)ol tar