MNDON RECORDER.
BTTortl of n Tliuiiannd l'leoc:
What do you think of u sword blade
that contains n thousand sheets of met-
IT Vet they art! not uncommon mid,
as you will readily Imagine, are of orl-
entnl workmanship. Our painstaking,
limit-in dnpnneso mentis are tlio raal:-
ers or tjicm, and a few days ago I had
t,nr.oirrt:i:;.rr1,.,'
method of manufacture oxnlnlnrd. '
i'ho blades of tli.. Rnlmm nrn mn.lo
from magnetic Iron ores. Tlio stocl Is
produced In small, very thin sheets,
and the workmnn begins by llxlng one
of them to the end of an Iron rod which
, ., V, . . .. .. ru""'
nil f.tlini rmntl ht.w.t. .Ill , I . .nnuH
..,..-, mi,,,,, rucvin 1111LII IIIU union
has u length of about eight Inches, a
width of nbout two Inches and n thick-
Hess of a little more than a quarter of
nn Inch.
This bar Is brought to a whlto hent,
doubled on Itself and hammered until
It Is down to Its original dimensions,
This process Is repeated 15 times. Pour
" ., "J" . . " "" i . J
nnd l.ented. the m.erattmi bnln.. rencat-
cd five times. This process makes the
. . .1
Biiperposeu layers so tlun mat a saner
contains at least n thousand sheets of
metal,
ir you mm one or those sworos mm
nas a veined appearance, you may
itin.w it m i-mmi-ii ii lint-mini.- n.j.m.,.
t -i , I. !..... I ,...l I....
iron lllltl mei-l IH'HIK nuiin.-lt.-ii mKviiiei.
-New York Herald
A Wnrii Kept iilni Up.
An nbseiilmliided nirnlltc was the
cause of much amusement at a .Mem-
pins hotel a few niglits ago. i e reg-
isiureu vnrif niu-i nu(ii.i. i..,. "
go to Ills room right off. About 1)
o'clock, his iiHiial bedtime, lie remark-
nl l tlio clrrk that lie be eved he
would "remain."
"All right," said the obliging man
behind the counter. The big clock
ticked off another hour, and the old
man iddrcssed the clerk again:
"I say I believe I'll remain."
ll l I-.,!,,,,
a II II null lllJ . I ill intlli'lll n.i.
When the hands on the dial pointed
to 11. the old fellow, u ho was so
sleepy he hordly knew where lie wos
"at," called out In a half angry voice:
lly the eternal. I say I believe I'll
wnolii!"
Again the clerk assured lihn of his
permission, but the situation was be
coming critical, and something had to
be done.
'When yon ate ready to retire," sold
the clerk. ")oti can get your key at
this desk.'
"Itetlre," said the ojuspcrated guest
"That Is the very word Pe been try
ing to think of for wo bonis, (live
me the key to my room. I'll sleep tin
til 1U o'clock In the morning to make
up for lost tlmo!"-Mcmphls Sclmltur
Cnniprteiil, lull I iii-nnnr.
A. A. ('iillagher, district passenger
agent of the Missouri I'nclllc railroad,
wlille en route south was taken pi!te
111 and was compelled to stop at Mont
gomery, Ala. lie went to a hotel and
sent for a physician.
The medical man said:
"Von have a case of pneumonia nnd
must have a nurse."
"All right." said Callaghcr. "Do you
know a good nurse you can scud to
look after me1'"
The doctor said he did -nnd would
have the nurse at the hotel within au
hour. In about an hour a colored wo
man who measured about nine feet In
girth put In nn appearance, and (inl
lanhcr nuked her If she had ever nurs
ed sick people.
Yes, Indeed," she replied. "I'zu had
considerable tpcrlcnce with ailing pus-
sons. I missed .Marstcr .lolm. ami lie
iiieoi ncii i iiu-scii ansucss ,.w,, .inn
Hho died'; then I missed Mistress I.u
cy's sister. Tno doctor didn't think
bIio was so very poorly, but she done
died."
"Havo you had any other experl
ence In nursing?" asked (lalliigher.
"Yes, Indeed. Only last week I left
Colonel Carter's home, where 1 missed
me coiouci ror uvo days."
'Well, did tho colonel get well?" ask-
-11 iiiniivi , I
"No. The colonel he died, too. hut
Dr. Jones, who 'teiided him. run a
knife Into the colonel and opened him
up. The doctor had been out late tlu I
night uoforo ami was a little uecwius.
lhe klllfo sort of slipped and Jllat I
about cut tho colonel's heart out. Then
the doctor in Id all h couldn't tave
hlin."
"You seem to bo a good nurse," said
Gallagher, "and you're engaged." -Clu
clnuatl Ku(iilrcr.
MlstiinU Him i' or tin I'ftiiLi't,
Tho bishop of I'ly. Uml Alwyue
Compton, Is a t;enerul "all around fa
vorite" with the royal family. A few
niontbs ami Ids lorilNldti was vlsitlinc
tho Duke and IHichi ss of York at York
House and, lsdug pusKlnuately fond of
children, asked If he could t-eo and
liuve it clmt with the young lorU
"hopefuls." I'tiiK-e Kdwanl of York
was brought Into the room.
"Who Is this kind gelitleumn who
ha. como to set. you?" asked vtry
proudly the duchess of IkjiiiiIo Trlnco
ltdwaril. "What are you going to say
to hhuY .Say: 'How- do you do, Lord-
Lord what, now?' "
l.lttle 1'rlncv Ulward looketl curious-
ly in ins lortisuips gauere and long
coat ami then ipnvely replied:
JJIlow do you do. Lord -Unl help
IIU loriWilp waa Ituniensely tickled
at this salutation and aid later to tho
DukoofYorL:
"Why, tho future klug of Kuahuid
ujwiook mo for (luy ruwkMl"-I.on.
uoum.a.1.
The recent census inkcn throuichout
Switzerland has shown a reuutrkahle
Increase In the number of Inhabitants.
IVrhaps the iu.l eJitniordlnary grow th
Is In the canton of Zurich, whoso popu
lation In 1SSS numbered 337.1t, but
l.en-.l OUI.IO.,, will I
now It Is 11M.O30. tin Increase of P0.SI7
Inhabitants In 12 veurs. This Is con-
Bldcred u world's record, (lenovn has
Increased by 21,112 persons during the
same period.
I'titladrlpblN Krllii lliitillrll;.
It was during the natural hUtory
hour.
MGlvo mi." aukml ttm tun(.hi,p "nn
examplo of the alleged dwtdtful char-
acter of the cat."
"Iu restaurants It Is sometimes laid
to pass Itself off for a rabbit." answer-
ed tb head boy.-l'hlladelpl.la Times.
!
! ! ....
1 think teachers liuiko a terrible ml
tiikosoinetliiii In tlio way they talk to
ttt. UtUin In the school-room. Harsh
mitlU ,,. ,,,.,, u(, foWlUwi ,v tlt.
toc.,cr; ,,t , .he....
T,le w"r,U I' (1"-,lr hnltU "k" "
lliorn lung nfler tliu teacher hits In
Meted the wound, and It give them 1111
Insight Into anything hut the lieatitlfiil
and enviable side of life of the teacher.
I Mo-d children look upon their teacher
nl llrst lis something Isirdcrlngon per
I
fectlon, and harsh and unkind words
leave a mark mid Khaki their faith to
extent that Is positively eruel. The
oilier day a tiny iiitic girl who nan jnn
entered the school a few days liefore,
left the lunch milustcd that she had
inlun with b..r mid nm nil the wuv
h()(11. , u roM.bll( fr i1(.r
ni hc-r that her mother had promised
.-curing til" coveled ttwblld her
MHo feet fairly Hew to net back In
.1 it r. UI...
nine inr uio tuicniooii wk not-
had no time to eat her lunch, but she
uiis hniiiiv In nlutiirini: how pleased
..,r t,,.,.,,.r would ! with the ovc v
... .i,,, i u t,. i.
, .,. ,,.,, ,,1,1i11,P
l'"r'" 1 1,1 itivLiimiihl ..'
- . . . . .
piULiil It m.-iiu-iii;u mi rain ni n., m. .mi
tile blackboard, and tills particular ill'
Ho gill's sentence pioveil to H uinnler
cnir or drv. Shu knew nearly all
tu, r(Mt on tliulsiuid, but her own had
m(, H (H, u,r tl(), .. dpl.se htu-
,,, ,.,,, u,, ,,, i..,,,,!,,,,. ...i..,,. i.
" .............. ....
"i"i'Kn '"" '" " """ "" "
gouell iiersemeiire. i lie wusuivo in
He face inilveied and her rcat blue
eves lllled with tears. Hho could not
i-Vclier the lovelv rosebud now, lor the
,.II0u,r "despised stupid Klrls," and
H, , t , f()r A), ,K.
. ... ... .....
I ..I...I I ....I ..f II. ..I till!.. li....d
IKHlillllTi Ill-Ill. "Mil in mill, nil" I
. . ,
-lien miImh.I was over she piwed
out Holding Ibe nHCiniil hi llie loins oi
her dress, and when she uot out of the
bulhllUKshe handed It to a little girl.
All Its beauty was none and she felt
only the cruel thorns that could pain
her no woie than the teacher s unkind
words. No matter what the teacher
limy do III the fiituic, she can lievt
blot out the winds that hurt (his Utile
child and brought tears to the big blue
eyes, iter limn wis siuiiy snnnon nun
(lie lonelier ould not have soon for
gotten It had she Instill the child say
In her lllth- hearl-hrokeii way, "Von
can have the tosebud; I don't want II
now." Some child, en would not have
cared, for they would possess that Imp
py-go-lucky disposition that never bor
rows trouble and never take anything
to lieitil; bill Ihcic are hosts of little
elllldien its sensitive lo harsh uohls
and milliners as the most delicate and
fragile llnwcrs are to the frost's ley
touch. Tolly's hcalt goes out to tin
wee folks, and again I say teachers
make it cruel mistake when they so fur
forget themselves as to speak harshly
and In a way that holds the child up to
the ridicule of (heotherscliohirs. I rial
and tribulations will como hhiii enoiigl
without encoiiulerlllK sorrow in their
nicie hahyhisul
I'Kspiently you licnr I lit) leiuark on
the street ns well us other place In it
gnrd to some petty crime committed or
n,,. dlsttirl.iuu of the ponce, ns the legal
fmU.mlty w,m, ,ve , "Oh, It s only
the o,k of it drunken soldier," and
with nit all' of ImllH'crence (hat would
make one shudder who limlcixlood and
was familiar Willi scenes III the lives of
(he young enlisted soldiers w ho lived In
the whllte tents that spiend out over
tK. ,,.nk sandhills of the I'nvldlo,
when llie couiitrv was crvlng for vol
u i, us' ix to go to the front dining the
,,. , nil, !. I I. , I
"m" ""' ' "--
dler," and who is responsible for the
now iilall or ninny 01 iiiwm isiys; roily
leiiu'inls'is ilUtinetly gouig out to the
I'resldio one evening when the fog was
milliisr like mill. The sandhills werv
Li,,,,. ,. i,i1,i.v Willi ubl,.. i.n,u .
the meadow itlo with white daisies In
the spring time. fiintpllrcM tllekertsl
and smoldered, tending out liioieginy
smoke limn cheery blame. The men
many of tlieni mele Isiys- sat aroiiiul
the jssir iim1vo for a tiro ami tilts I to
keep up their coiimge the lst way sm-
rlble. Some of them wing, others told
Inkcs, and wuoe lew found eomfort In
talking of tlmplonnlrworiumie Many
loftheui were bluoimd despondent with
homeHiekiiisw, mid uddisl to their mi
IHU,i,u. fmoi tlmt suuive mw llu
attacks of bad cold that omlcd In pnen
nioiila and can Its I many a hoiutwlck
, . , . . , , . ,
'lr Uy to lit long ho ue and Ins
hud iil tit the cemetery of the l'rwildlo.
.MiHt nf tlieni would not lisve thiHight
II hnnl had they fallen in llulitluy nir
their country, but lo Ih esiss to the
fns that H'iietratsl their tlilu eUithltig
puro!iasl font warmer cllmatw than
S,,u KmncUis., and to illerfimnii.ml
m,d ,o..us.icknt, t,s.,h,Hm.lW,t fntin
,"', mlly fnmi the elUvU of the
tr, "' """ "
for.
tstntnge to my, aaUsms pmlg up In
,m, vlomity hs thick a muolinioms
after a warm rslu. The dtmiM werv
tliruw ti wide hhii, and Uten was intuic,
,ttixlittr. tnke. and aUiv.. all lb..
Wlirmtl, tm, w. wlM lM, u(
tlio lialf-fnacii boy who hail imit
,,., !,,
'" ",r' y'ir
'K I "''' auviwNi ui
niih uio eueap wiiisny tlmt would
eotiutoniet the tliimMeauil make them
I forget a well the wgouy of homealuk
1 1 cm. Hoys w ho werv modoJs of iro
prittty got their tlmt tniU fur lbiiur lu
tlioso w roU'liml pises that hii out lu-
IdiU'OHiwiU nl lolrtli aud furgvtfulnw
,H t,M s. i.btfr right mi our own
unorws.
"Why uv tliy allowed?" uu uftii
Ksui queiy with Polly pl,v ..r'nnnui,-. r lam im.,. I,,.,,,
tliUBo dens of (Instruction why wero not
cotlee-liousoM started, with mirth and
imislo and plenty of sandwiches and
stenlnliiL' hot ten and eolleo that would
Imvoeheorcd but not Intoxicated and
helped to tide them over the discom
forts of tlio Ioiik, dreary wait for hun
dreds of the despondent Isiys who had
never Iteen away from home liefore anil
who wnlteil linputleiitly mi the fog
swept shores of the 1'aelllc for the or
ders that would send them to foreign
shoros to light for their country. If
dentil came by shot and shell they were
prepared fyr It, for having enlisted they
must take their chance, but they did
not calculate on dylnx like sheep on
the shores of the (ioldeli (late from ty
phoid fever (which could have leeu
avoided) and pneumonia. Is It any
wonder that many of them fell ami
-ought oblivion from trouble, hnnie-
1
sicklies, etc.. In the saloons that made
the,,, welcome? Knowing tl Ireum-
KinneoH, I'oiiy never Hues lo near any
one my, "It whs only it drunken w'l
iller," for rlglil Here, on our own coast,
he became addicted to the habit.
I'tdly heard of it bright little Is.y the
other day, who-o llrst huprtwiou of
Kan I'rnnelwo liay Is worm ns'onillig.
On Isdng earned on to one of the ferry-
Iui-iIm Iiu liiMMiiiiu vtirv iiiiii.li liiliri-Ntml.
..ml .,1, Inn nr.. nn. I .ivi.1,,1 ,! "HI
n " "
i.i.iul 1....... I--,,, mini.,. ,l,,u-,i lu.ri.
, ,, ,, , i. i i i.
oig puuoie. it n in tiei-poiK mini
the remark of another bright Is.y on
seeing the buy for the llrst time. Ho
was iiumioumieti lor u moment, ami
astonished Ills parents by saying,
The
I .on I'm got the biggest hall-tub I
ever
saw."
BRIEF REVIEW.
Italy's King Studies Politics.
Victor ICmuiatiliel III Is now to par
liamentary life, as during his father's
lelgll lie kept iplllc out of politics. Tint
onlv time ho Is ever known to have ex
pressed tin opinion was after the disas
ter of Adowa, when ho came o.presly
to Itome to warn King llumbeittigahist
Crispl, his reward being it month's con-
ll IIDlllI'lif 111 ii fi.rli-i Mi. U iiiiu-i.v.
, ,...i.. i
uniiri) imi-s niuu iiiu nil' mu uuii
i. fit it . . .. i , i ..i
wonting oi in iinoii o t, it m on n
every oepoty nas nee iiiiioeiii f 10 lion
dally III 1 1 a. III. 1 le Is icproi-ented its
a mini of sidling honesty, so that this
Initiation into pollllcnl Intrigues ciiiiuol
fall lo be ii L'lettt illsllluioii. but will
materially help to a Just estlmute of
persons and things. He certainly start
1 . . i r ,i ,
.. ... .. . .
hail he ascended the throne than by a
scries of nets He gained, at one ImiiiuiI,
the love ami eoullileiice of the nation,
whleh Is'foro hiul been something less
than lukewaiui. Now what Is required
for a tthmipluiiit llnlsh Is lo prove him
self above all energetic, in 1 1 1 to have
the true Intel wis of n NiiHerlug country
at hem t. So far he has shown every
dlspoMltlou lorulllll this Ideal.
Stjlltmerv .oid I'uel.
I t.i i linn 1 li I liil-rlsoo. nil nlteestol' of
our ox-l-riHldcnt nnd ,i signer of the
, ., , , , ,
ieiarimo.i o. imiepem.e nee, was ion o
or the gissl things of this lifeitud a high
liver. While it member of the Hixt
fnngi'CMa, which mot III rililadelphiti,
oil one occasion lie was lollted by a
Irieiid its he left the congressional hall.
Wishing to ask his friend to join him
in it laiiuper, he lisik hint to a certain
place nml called for two glasses of
bluntly ami witter. Tho limn In charge
icpllcd that liipior wits not included In
the supplies furnished Congressmen.
What Is it, then, that I sec the New
Kngluml member come here tiiul
think?"
"Molifses ami water, which they
havo eliargtsl to stationery," was the
leiCy.
"Very well," aald Harrison, "give me I
hrandv nml waterniiil eharue ll as fuel."
l',...,- i n, tv.i. it.
nieio miv iioiuiiusw ill every large
city in the country larger ami more
valuable eolleclloiis of brle-H-brae and
ail furniture thaiinivlolH' found in the
private itiiHrlmeiitH of the Kxeeiillve
Mansion, but It is a question whether
ii.-... i- i ii... i i. -...i i i.i. A
linn- m iiiv ii-iikiii mm iMi-ftutii til
the laud any other half so Interesting,
uiiniy is, oi course, h universal cltar-
seteristlc of the art 1st le gems scattered
through the home of the President,
but belter than that lathe fkel Hint nl.
most everv niece Is fmiiirbt with mom.
oti.s. and a,KlHllon thai make It a
U'l proliably hair are the glflsof kings
and rulers tokens of approeliit ion from
friendly nations ami the remainder
having Ut'it fashlolitHt ihvIm1I.v for
the While House, have no duplicate
any w here eUt lu the wwrhl.
Mis ltireiiiv Alma Tatlema, tlaugli
ter of the arlWt, aityottntHs. herseli as
the tsliior of a new isrlmllcal ealltsl
The Herb of (I rats-. Its aim will I. to
bring ahoul a Mum lo a simpler life
and IU tlUtluctlve feature will l the
MtuMIII.U. ..f lllll-Ml.,......u Aul.l.... . I
..M.i.-i..-.siviii, ittiiHiii, i
is-rsonulillek aud Illustrations.
A ( 'levcuuid Inventor baa uen grant'
tsl iteut for a novel hill-climbing
ilevieti for autti4iHblU, which autoiuali-
eally lower the gear of the vehicle ae
coming to tlte uteeimeiM of the tie line I
to ! mounted,
- l
the iewels buloiiulinr to Dim llniuhl
crow n an suuuommI to U wnnh Hh...
iiiMILiii. .rf suaui,
" "V
me omy uo inwt Kuronmu capi-1
wi. mat nvvwr uve iwt tHHidsl by a
niu wan? imhhiuu tutu si. iviers-
bury.
If the earth's aurfiuw were level the
water of tuooit woukl mverli to a
iWpth of OtU fccU
A maiilinmlliMtaUMit twenty time a
"HEAP SMELL."
.Tin- imiinn Knur wimi w
"" Wljerr lo '
mini
S'onie Indians from Buffalo Hill's
Wild West, arrayed In bright colored
blHtikets and an exceptional amount
of face paint, were toklns In the sights
of the city one ofternooti. IhiT ltro"
ed down Walnut street, single Hie, and
bended by a buck who now and then
uave a Brunt of satisfaction wlien some
thing that pleased him caught his eye.
they halted In front of a drug store aim
snxed at the window tll'plny for a
moment. Then the band Hied Into the
establishment ami liesan to look
urotiml.
The clerk thought the place was go
ing to be besieged nnd that he was like-
Iv to low his scaln. but when the "big
chief." who acted as spokesman, ad
dressed film with the customary Indian
greeting of "Howl" the clerk regained
. . .i. !, .. i, ..n.
c mpos.ire eno ign ui u
, v.
,.r..,t...t l.v l. Hunan's finger lo n
- L)W the clerk produced n bur of
,. 'i'lt, i)rnv,, t0ok It gingerly. r
moved the wrapper, smelled it ami nit
Into the toothsome looking article
I tvin. .. .1....M ,.ii,.i ..f .1lan1insnri Ik
,,,. ,in,. , ,,, ,,,erk. With
,BUHl,,, ool ue rt.,narked. "Heap
mni'It!"
The clerk began to tremble, and tin
Inilliiti nntnteil to 11 iurft1liu Isiuie III
the showcase. T ie bottle or pci'iimu'
. .... i. ..ii i.i
Was nillllleil 10 llllll. I llf minim
It hi both hands for a moment, closely
l,.,vU- roiiiined
,,' ,.,',.. .lltchlnz It as If
(h, ,,x,,,.t,.,i t to exiilode, ami took a
omf HnilT at the bottle, gave a grum or
satisfaction, handed the clerk soitii
money and led his bund of braves nut
of the store, to tin-delight of the fright
eiietl clerk, who had not been In tin
practice or waiting on real Indlans.
Knnsas (.'lly .loin mil.
ANECDOTES OF FORREST.
Vli tin- Conli-ili-liili- l.i-nili-r lli-cllii-t-il
to I iirri'l'l IIU Slii'llllli:.
"(leneral I'orrest of the Confederate
army," said an ex-Confederate otllccr,
"was a military genius of the tlrst
nink. Without pre Ions training or any
developed taste In that direction he
went Into the army from a place as
overseer and attained commanding
rank absolutely by merit. Itoiigli and
. . . , . . , t ,, -
uncouth at llrst, lie became hi later lift
I jj t.()Urlly K,.Ilt lilnitll whom it was ,1
. .,,,,. nIlli . ;mnv. ,,
R.mi,r , llUe occasion some time aft
or the war coming up the Totiiiiiui
w-lth lilm I wanted to Introduce a
Joillig woman who was under my es-
ert. " "d he was Haltered by the
I'f'iuest. but that he could not meet
her unless she knew perfectly well who
u wnH nml tlmt )lL, was mi, UM n
high esteem by the northern ptsiple
I -liiil on account of the Tort Pillow
ull'nlr. 1 assured hhn that she was ful-
ly iippilsctl of his record, ami then he
went with me to meet her, and she told
me later she had never met a more at
tractive man.
"Karller hi Ids career that Is, be
fore he had learned to spell he was
asked by a young lady to put his auto
graph In her album. He wrote Ids name
as requested anil under It his title, 'ma
jor general of calvary,' as he spelled It.
The holy called his attention to It In a
,I"Ilt;"u' nnd he looked at It
n moment, and with a fiillV'onsclou.s-
,, u WUH ,,,,.,,, , ,, n,Kar(1
,, .,, i,t.flMtlf nl and scarcely to be
,.M,ected humility he said, 'Let It stand
to show how Ignorant (ienernl I'orrest
Is." There are not many men who
would have done that. 1 Imagine, ami
It was the little things that showed
the man's true greatness." New York
Sun.
"A. MiC. I n ii I In Hit."
I'robably very few persons who fre
queiuly use ftic expression "As mini a
a hatter" have Tiny Idea as to what It
means or why n hatter Is necessarily
any more subject to Ills of anger thau
a plumber, a blacksmith or a enrpen
ter. The expression Is saitl to have
como Into use half a century ago, wheu
the tuauufacture of hats was done
wholly by hand, 'llie most striking
lu,n" mmvA ',,' proe'" as mat of tlte
m-uuii u ii inr irii. tut iiaurr iimt
mppeti i ne mass oi wool ami nair rre
I llllelltlv lulu tint wati.r: thpll ai.lalnir n
utlck In each hand, he belitliored tho
mass most vigorously, topping now
anil then to get Ids breath, until the
material was matted together hi
'' "f The lively beatlniM
",1ll"l',tl''', ' f''"- If the wi
nn were actually Incensed, gave
work
gave rite
to the familiar simile.
An rurtni t iniir.t.
"Tbe, hail a lively hovlug match at
bpiluter's the other night.
llow ""HI
"Splinter came home late, ami at u
"Z .Z.. . .. . . " "s '
Uud tliouk-lit It was .ouielio.!.-' H....r.
So he struck out wildly with both lists
and succeed iil tn knocking over two
inluis and severely bumping bis own
"!"''
'Hut why do you call It u boxing
match r
'Itecaue Splinter put up his ktiue.
kles against Ida wife's uulms."-Cleve
land Plain Dealer
I'lir (liinil Xnll'a Jollr,
Two gentlemen of tho cloth wsr
standing on a corner the ntlmr .1...
t..t.ta...l - .1 .... . . '
.ui .tivuiij iiu-j tvi're latKlllg aliotlt x
tra service to Iks held during the week
"I anticipate a great nwakeulng in
oiy church." said the Urst speaker
"My iieojihj uvr go to slp." Mlt
tie secoud
'Ah. there come my qar.
replied
to " . '""' ""f-uj.-
U . juurniL
I on W,-l, lllKUlaril,
Aner all. kUKcestatl the cheerful
'w 1 "") t a blesnlDg In disguise."
,f ' returned the tUsgruntled on.
"I mat mv that i
' - mii inn n lUQre
prreei aisUl.."-VaslilBctiin iwt
.. .."Trr-
llnneroleui Did UeutUjwaH (to fellow
paoofn - llow fait we travel! Hut
ah. yuog man have you evr thought
of tb atcbt of tlnisi TUlDk of the
ellS hours of youth, tii eoldeo
days that swiftly pass away. ia
you rr counied tbe wluutea-
llsttertbr iiureHirnte and suspl
e.ou.,-U,.s, s,e you trying to ,lo .
Sell me a wateb? l.eudcu Nugget.
SHOULD TH . .'GO TO WAR
j,, ,i , v..- i , var bet wein Ureat
Hrm. M -ei I ,"' the 1irt ami most
,,,, ,-, i lb- ti,.ggle would
be tor tin- imimiu'l "f w'"- shm,la
l.'reat lirltaiii siicit.sI In retaining the
command of the sea Prance would
thereby be reduced to a condition or
Imisitence no far us offensive opera
tions are concerned and would sooner
or later te obliged to submit lo the
will of her rival, although, It Is true,
the war might last for a long time. If,
on the other hand, Prance should suc
ceed In wresting from Great llrltaln
the command of the aea ami In keeping
It, Great llrltaln would be so much
more hopeless anil Impotent than
Prance In similar plight would be that
the war would teruilnote quickly.
In a word, Prance, even without the
mmtnond of the sea or anything op
proachlng to It, remains capable of
ircilnncwil resistance tiratiy. oecousc
she Is a self supporting country; sec
ntniiv iipenose the Prciich national
sentiment and strength are already
concentrated within her lwrdcrs. and
thirdly, because she stands among the
best eoiiliined of the military powers,
while Great llrltaln. deprived of the
command of the sea, would collapse
with relative rapldity-llrstly, because
the Is In no sense a self supporting
country; secondly, because her national
sentiment and strength are scattered
over the world and cannot be coucen
tratml save by way of tho sea, nnd
thirdly, because she is not a military
power according to the standard sot
up by Germany, France, liussia ami
Austrla-Hungary.-W. I-alnl Clowes In
Nineteenth Century.
"i-llmv .Intiriiitltsiii."
Yellow Journalism Is successful from
a llnanclal standpoint. Tho profits
of tho New York Herald last year
amounted to nearly $7."0,000, or about
$2,000 per day. Mr. Pulitzers net
profits for the same time were $500,
000, his Income having fallen off since
the New York World dropped from
cents to 1 cent. The New York Jour
not, It Is generally mult i tood, cniin
out even, although Mr. Hearst might
haw made money had he not continued
to Invest more lit pushing his clrcula
Hon. This young newspaper inagnt'
seems determined to have his papers
bought In every town In tho United
States, and Ids ambition to that end
knows no limit. Thus far Ids result
ate unprceodentad. The .New York
Kveltlug Journal has a circulation iu
Iloston alone of 30,000. Mr. Ileuuett
and Mr. I'ullnser are each worth
OOo.ooo, all of which has been made
In the newspaper business. Thu Hear?
estate, on which Mr. Hearst can draw
Imlellultely, It seems. Is worth more
than $.'!0.i 100,000, aud $S.ooo,000. It I
estimated, has already been Invested
In the New York Journal nml Chicago
American, without any profits as jet
Allen Sangree In Alnslee's.
.suutli Amerli'Hii .Intr,
It Is stated (hat a South American
shrub called yervn or ycrbn or ycrb;
mate is destined to attract consider;!
hie attention In the near future. Prom
Its leaves a ten Is Infused which pos
sesses the proortlos of Invigorating
without Inebriating, to which may be
added the sustaining properties usual
ly attributed to coffee. The plant Is a
small evergreen shrub of the holly
family. Verbal Is the native name
for the places wucro It Is found grow
ing wild along the Paraguay river.
Natives have for centuries prepared
the tea by gently roasting the green
leaves until dry enough to grlud to a
iwwdcr. Systematic attempts at culti
vation are now to be made, tho belief
being held that mate should hold a
place In the markets of the world equal
to ten or coffee. Others say (ho taste
must be acquired, like eating olives.
London Globe.
An Air Torpedo.
The newest war engine la an nlr tor-
Iiedo which, after a alight Initial ve
locity Is given to It, propels Itself for
n distance of uearly four miles. It Is
of aeeret construction and has been
iwteutod by a Swede, Major .Unge,
whose government has granted money
to hlin for the undertaking of experi
ments. Tho forward movement of tho tiro-
Jectlle Is effected by means of a gas
wuicu, escaping and flowing out
tltrough the channels of a turbine fixed
nt tho bottom, drlvea the torpedo with
Increasing speed.
Auy kind of ercussiou explosive
may bo used. This projectile Is tired
from a specially constructed cauuou
anil la uolseless. The Initial veliwltv
being low, there Is no recoil aud not
me slightest danger to the tiring imrty.
Ilur Illinium, in I,, -nt.
'The bar business," says a bartender
quoted by the Philadelphia Itecord. "ah
ways falls off after the llrst of the your
uu uunug lA'ut. The fellows who
wear off at New Year's seldom keep
their pledges very louo. tboiiL-ii nn,, tim
depression really only lads for about
a month or so. Then Lent comes along,
and that always means ti fulling off lu
trade. You would be aurprised to know
how many men there are who abstalu
from liquor all during Lent. It in n
ease of total abstlneuee. too aud the
men who make un their minds tn it
tick to their reag' itlous. The same
men usually abstalu during Lent even-
year."
Tim qnoi'ir. Will,
The will of Queen Victoria win .u
to proved, for the probate court has
no power over the testament of the
aoverelgu. and there exists no maeliln
cry by which probate, can be granted
Hie exact contents of the will will,
therefore, not be nude kuown to the
PUbllC though doUbtleSS SOIll,. Inf.lrmn.
tlon will be forthcoming as to the gen
eral tenor of lite document. The only
royal will whleh bat ln-eu published
sluoe that of Ueury VIII Is. we believe,
that of lieorge I .-Loudon Qob
Whr III" l.lfc Wii. m I'mtnrr.
"Yea. 1 eoualder my life a failure."
"Ob. Henry, bow aad' Why should
you say tr-atr
"I Sieiit all my time making money
enough to buy food aud clothes, aud
tbe food disagrees with me. aud my
clothes deu't tit." Life
lll I'erttuit Hups,
Mrs. Uleepylxe- Henry, tbe
clock Just weut of.
a form
l OI....... I. . U'l.. . .
.ZT l ZZ T , '
Ohio Suit, KumaL
NEW SHORT STORIES.
Beiiolnr MHt.iirt n
Wrestler A
IiitrlllBent llorsi Ml.look Htm
nr liny r'nke.
Although threescore years and ten,
Senator S.ewa.t Is still a
orous man ami wuiuo uiiw
of GO to a wrestling
lengc any mail
.i. in i.u enrlv days Senator Stew
art was a great athlete, and wrestling
was his particular forte.
The early days with Senator Stewart
go back to the tlrst half of tho century.
Mr. Stewart remembers, for Instance,
tho Tippecanoe campaign. Tho political
meetings of that famous struggle were
enlivened bv wrestling matches, and
one especially competent wrestler trav
eled oround the country seeking con
tests with persons who hod been at
tracted to the meetings. Mr. Stewart,
then a boy In Ohio, had some reputa
tion ns a wrestler, nnd no wns inum-if
to challenge tho professional. "I no
ticed." said the senator yesterday as he
laughed In recalling tho episode, "that
tno nirin had one faulty movement. I
watched hlin carefully, and then I was
willing to meet him. In less than ti
minute I had thrown him nn arm's
length nwny. Of course I did not nt
tempt to repeat the trick, for he had
seen his error."
One of Senator Stewart's diversions
was to throw two men at once. Ho
savs that this l n much easier task
than throwing one man and chuckled
as ho remembered how ho had van
quished two ambitious othletes In the
presence of a large crowd.
An InlrlllBrnt Horse.
A funny story Is going the rounds In
Paris, says a correspondent of tho Chi
cago Tribune, concerning nn Intelligent
horse belonging to Itaron iteuo Lullo
vllle. The baron Is one of tho heavi
est drinkers In Paris clubland. Ho Is
said lo bo eclipsed by only one man In
Paris. The latter Is Lallovlllo's newly
arrived Ungllsh coachman, who never
has been sober long euoiigh to loam
the Paris streets.
Several of his cliibmatcs asked the
baron how ho found his way homo
nights. He replied that his horse knew
Paris from end to end nnd that ho on
ly needed to say where he wanted
to go.
His hearers being Incredulous, the
baron offered to wager any one $200.
"MAXIM'S, IK YOU I'MIAPE."
Three men took the bet. Ill front of
the club was found I.allevllle's
brougham, with the coachman asleep.
"Oood evening, Nellie," said the
haron.
The hor.se looked around us though
returning n greeting. "Maxim's, If
you please, Maxim's; only around the
corner."
Nellie halted before Maxim's door,
tho coachman still sleeping. Alighting,
the betters Insisted that It was a trick
ami that the coachman was shamming
bleep.
"Then whisper to Nellie where you
want to go," said Ullovllle. One
whlsiiered In the animal's ear. "Moulin
Ilouge."
Off went Nellie toward Mont Murtre.
Half way there the men, partially sat-
Islletl. woke the coachman nnd told hlin
to stop.
Another got out and told the horso to
go to Cafe Stmt I.az.ire so quietly that
the coachman heard nothing. Uouud
turned Nellie, stopping n minute later
In the courtyard of the railway statlwl!
Perfectly satisfied, the men returned to
the club, pa Id their bets and offered
enormous sums for the horse. The
Imron sultl he wouldn't sell her for
n.000 louls. lie had bought the animal
from a deaf coachman who always
pretended to be able to hear, relying ou
Nellie to never make a mistake.
Opportunity,
In one of the old (Jreek cities them
stood long ago a statue, livery trace of
It has vanished now. Hut there Is still
lu existence an epigram which gives us
an excellent description of It. stid as
we read the words we can surelv ills
cover the lesson which those wise old
Greeks meant that the statue should
teach to every passerby The epigram
Is In the form of n conversatleti be
tween a trauder ami the statue:
"What Is thy name, () statue'"
"1 am called Opimrtunlty."
"Who made thee?"
"Lyslppus."
"Why art thou on thy toes J"
"To show that I stay but a moment "
"Why bust thou wings on thy fect'r"
"To show how quickly I puss ,v "
"llut why u thy hair so long 'on thy
forehead?"
"That mcM may seize me when thev
meet me."
"Why. then. Is thy ht.n,i so ,,aj
blud?"
"To show that when I have once
passed I cannot be eaught."-Chrlstiap
Press
I 'a tt I im' DainaiiiU,
cousclentlou young
The
man ol i
fashion now brushes bis hair diner
ently when wearing a hit. Chancellor
Tlsdalt. the acknowledged Iteau llrum '
mel of Dublin lu his youth, had inex
presslbles variously cut "or walking i
and for sitting ami once sat down In !
ibe former with disastrous results,
Not long ago a milliner advertised with
a newly Inveuted hat that It "uecessl
tated the mouth worn slightly opeu "
" " " tuuic u ucxw vauity
-
A LONDON CJiLINAJi,
THE FOG THIEF AND HOW HE PLIES
HIS PECULIAR TRADE.
llr oprmlri nolillr oth In the Cltr
an nn llie Tlinniei Carries Od 111
I'luntlrr 1'rtiin Vitus unit Cb
Shriintlftl In llie llense Gloom.
Thousands of thieves long for fog
with a great longing. Incredible as It
tuny seem, pioperty worth tens of thou
sands of pounds Is every year stolen
from vims and lorries alone lu Lcmhm
streets. Unite nine-tenths of this prop,
crty disappears during fogs.
The leaders of the fog thief gangs
usually have some little capital to
start with. One of them affects to be
a cartage contractor on a small scale,
lie takes very quiet premises that have
a high boarding round and that are
not overlooked. If he has plenty of
cellarage, all the better. He has at
least one smart trap and horse atitl
two and sometimes three rogues to go
with It.
it Is during the lute foggy afternoons
ami early evenings of winter that the
hauls are made. Streets with ware
houses and not shops that are lighted
brilliantly and early on each side and
that are often congested with tratllc
are mostly chosen. The small and
smart though dingy and Inconspicuous
looking trai plunges Into the thick of
the trallic. It soon, In the gloom ami
murk, places Itself Immediately behind
a van or lorry piled with packages of
various kinds.
The men In the quick trap are all on
the alert. One of them, a man chosen
for his Immense physical strength, goes
to the head of the pony on some pre
text, lie soon has u packoge down
from the van In front, lie Is provided
with sharp cutting Instruments, and he
has a powerful piece of strap with a
hook at one end. If there Is a boy sit
ting behind the van, the men In the
trail contrive to get hlin down by di
verting his attention. Hvcn with a
view to distracting the possible atten
tion of carters, the thieves generally
get up an altercation, or "barney."
among themselves or with others. They
are men of colossal Impudence and
powers of abuse, and ull attention be
comes riveted upon them. In one case
not far from Parrlngtloii street last De
cember they carried off one parcel of
furs worth "00, the van boy being
temporarily blinded, ns alleged, by a
hid with the thieves blowing some
snuff Into his face from a pea shooter
ami then disappearing.
One of the most notorious of these
fog thieves was a lithe young fellow
who crept along the back of n pony to
Its head, American Jockey fashion, and
hooked what he could from out of the
van lu front
The great hauls of these men nre
when they follow cabs and private car
riages from a railway station. In such
cases they generally use two traps und
horses. A cab Is marked that has ap
parently valuable luggage on the top,
This Is followed till some dark street
Is reached where the way Is narrow or
congested; then the driver of one of
the trails, that has a very swift pony
harnessed to It, deliberately drives
across the head of Ibe cub or carriage
horse.
Of course there Is nn angry ultcrcu
tkr .w.1 iW.'Mt 4s- Hoing" thu
thieves on the other trap have got Into
the Immediate rear of the luggage la
den vehicle. One of the thieves goes
along Ids horse's back and lifts the lug
gage down.
One of the hauls effected last whiter
In this way was worth S.0X) und was
the properly of Mr. tlo Sllvu, an Argen
tina millionaire. The robbery took place
not far from St. Pancras' church Just
before the shops were lighted up,
As the summer sun brings forth
myriads of living creatures, so does a
Thames fog bring out upon the dark
and apparently deserted river a vast
horde of thieves. At least o dozen of
the wharf and lighter owners complain
of losing from their respective wharves
us much us from one to six hundred
pounds' worth of coal alone every year
The render cau learn at auy river
side house frequented by tugboat men
that there nre scores, liteuUJy scores, of
tugs on the river tlmt have never
bought a iieiinyworth of coal for great
numbers of years. Tho Thames police
would tell that same reader that mcu
have retired on competences who have
been renorted to have made their whole
ortuue out of coal stolen with Im
punlty on the river.
The police are helpless over the vast
expanse of river and hi the labyrluth
hie backwashes. If they ruld one of
the pirate boats lu the gloom aud dark
(less, the spoil Is turned out to the
bottom of the river lu a trice. If this
sort of thing can be done to such an
extent with a commodity like coal. It
may be Imagined what befalls other
valuable property on wharves or lu
lighters.
The fraudulent picker up of the
river blesses the fog. The picker up
U a man who notices that certain
barges with valuable cargoes are moor
ed In such a way that. If they broke
loose, they would entull vast expense
The picker up sees thnt these barges
do bieitk loose. That part of his work
he does iu tltatl secret. And then, mak
ing plenty uf noise about It at tills
stage, ho rescues from danger the
very barges that he has set adrift und
seuda lu a heavy salvage claim,-Lou
don Answers.
At'liU Tlmt Are llrmli In ('Imlertl,
The acid of lemons and oranges Is
fatal to the cholera bacillus, L'veu If
placed upou the rinds of the fruit the
germs will not survive longer than a
da.-Ladles' Heme Journal.
Ill the (icorglnn language, spoken lu
the mountains between the Caspian
and Illack seas, tluthi uieuns mothel
and mama father.
One Cinitlnir,
'Could you icil me the meaning of
me worn cataclysm ' " he asked of the
street car passenger who wns folding
UP his newspaper.
"Are you going to ride two or three
blocks farther?" was queried lu reply
"Ye8i "dr."
"Then you'll see one The conductor
has carried that sharp uoscd woman
two street past w here she wanted
to get off already, aud she'll wake up
soon and start a cataclrsm that'll nrob-
nu'y jump me Cur off the trackl"-
Pair,
Washington Post,