II PEACEMAKER
By W. W. JACOBS.
"Don't on lie 11 fool," wild l.arklns,
affectloniitt ly patting IiIiii on the shoul
der "(.'onic into my pinco wneu you
liave llitic. nuil I'll lut tlit gloves ou
With jou 11 till, nuil In' careful What
you eat. iiiitHl. else joti'll undo nil the
good I vi' untie you.
If It Is possible for n mini to i'iiiw
lointe suicnstlcully. Mr. culilis iichiov
,.(1 thai font
"Only two cups of ton with your
ureakfast." continued Larklns solemn
ly "niiil no gravies for illuut-r. iiml I'll
send you "I one pun in oiu nic every
.lav free gratis.
Tlie tensity of Mr. dubbs' features
relaxed, and lie smiled falutly as be
rose and accompanied ills menu nacu,
l.nrklns saw lilm to Ids door and. after
explaining fluently to Sirs. Oubbs that
tier husband was training for a race,
pine tier explicit Instructions as to Ids
diet and ileparteu.
It was a source of uiiicli Joy to Mr.
I.iuklns. though lie was unalde to per
biiiule (Julius to share In his feelings,
that Tarbut's trainer was satisfied with
a less vigorous system for his iiiau. He
let Tarliut olT with a cold sponging on
rising, ami. as Tarliut had his own
Ideas as to what constituted a cold
sponging, both parties weie well pleas,
ed with each other.
The businesslike nature of these pro
ceedings was keenly appreciated by the
Inhabitants of the ll.shlng quarter
lights had happened before and doubt
less would again, but they weie inert'
tough and tuinble iilTitlrs and over be
fore any proper excitement could be
uhlskcii up. The purse had steadily
mounted up to !l" shillings, and the
betting varied from day lo day
Uaeh ti in 1 1 htiil bis knot of supporters,
and enthusiasm had reached such a
pitch that Cublis. who was naturally
of a retiring disposition, had to lake
his matutinal tub befoie ipilte a circle
of admirers. Opposition on the part of
the ladles was balked by continuing to
allude to the iitTnlr as a race, though
Mrs. (iiibbs. who got up one uiornlii
to see her man run. went home In a
state of mind bordering upon stupefac
tion.
An uneasy feeling was caused by the
nnxlety of the excellent Mr. Morgan to
discover the time and place of meeting.
No Information was afforded him. and,
ns he had Indignantly denied any In
teutlou of giving the alarm, the gentle
men Intel ested were much exercised ns
to the reasons for his eiirloslty.
The battle was llxed for a Saturday
eu'iiliig. the two trainers, after much
wordy warfare, having selected a site
which Mr I .nil; I ns Insisted had been
made purposely by nature with a view
to affairs of the kind. Lofty elllTs hid
It from view, and the gioiind Itself eon
Med of turf so soft and spongy that
I.nr'Jus predicted thai Tarliut would
bounce up from It like an India rubber
hall. The performers expressed them
selves as satlslled, thu'.igh their regard
lessness In the matter of thanks furthe
double which had been taken over the
arrangements formed food for conver
sation for the trainers nil the way
home.
The boats got In early on Friday aft
ernoon with their iKh. The catch was
sin. ill and soon disposed of, tyid then
the attentive trainers, loservlug them
from admirers who were feeling
their arms and putting leading ipies
Hons as to their wind nuil state of
iinuil. sent their men Indoors with con
cise Insiriirtlous as to how they were to
spend the last evening. l.arklns
otllclonly sent his man off for a short,
sharp walk after Ids tea, and later, on
Wring lo the ipiay, found that llulloek
Inn I given his 111:111 the same Instruc
tions "Hunt jou go worrying of 'em,
111 1 1 1 1 ' -iilil l.arklns sternly to the
group, -iii'l lei 'em 'ave an easy time
of it tomorrow In the boats; both of
'cm," he added generously.
".Spoke like a Hilton. Mr I.nrkltis."
Kill) an old lisherman.
"Wlmt I want Is fair play and no fa
vor." said Mr. l.arklns. "It's to be n
Kcnu'iie sporting affair; no bad blow,
or anything of that kind. After the
little affair nil what go to see it are
welcome to one drink at luv expense."
"It's time my man was back," said
Iliilhick, loofclug up the road which led
ucr the elliTs. "I told hliu to go Just
u far ns the ground and back.
old Peter Morgan's gone down to
Hie place, too. 1 think." piped n small
.I iu huge boots, "1 saw Mm follow
oik of Tarliut."
Hie landlord of the Three Fishers
started uneasily. "It's on my mind."
lie said. In n inelaueholy voice, "that
1 .it blessed old teetotnler'll have the
tli ng stopped. He'll tell the police or
umictliltig."
No. he won't," said the old Usher-fi-iti
who had spoken before. "Me nnd
l'i ter wns Iio.ts together, nnd he's never
Ui .lie anything of that sort In bis life,
before old Peter got religious there
was nothing he liked better than to
see a light or take part In one, either,
ami u's my opinion he'd like to see this
one only he don't like to say so."
"Well, he won't," said l.arklns grltn
ly "It may bo ns you say, but we're
not going to take nny rlskR."
Conversation became generul nnd, In
view of the nearness of the event, mil
Hinted, but still the two glndlatois fall
is! to put In an niipcnratice.
"He's overdoing It, that's what he
Is." fald Mr. Larklns. referring to the
ardent Uubbs. "You can 'ave a man
too willing. He'll go and knock hlself
up."
The small boy ;amo up. Ills big boots
flattering over the stones, nnd. shading
l eyes with his hands, gazed along
the road. The other men. followlug tils
Kaze &aw three uieti advnuclug loving
arm In arm toward them.
"It-It can't be old Morgau with 'eiu,"
aid Mr Urklns.
It la, though," nU the old fisher
man peering through screwed up eyes.
fiey'vo made It up through old Pe
ter, that's wot they've done. He's been
talking at 'em and getting at 'em. and
"'tre won't be 110 light."
"is disappointed auditors groaned lu
ctioius ' Won't there V" said Lnrklm
MVagely -Ho; Vo., ,u,roj VoU
t think me and my friend Bullock
liere are g0i1K , au, ,ir,,t ,vt,,,;, for
""tlnog. do youV"
"Thetv won't be no light." repeated
old niau -J.0015 i,uw loving they
e AH three of 'em ns closo together
Hvtvthcarts."
1 lie iiiivtineiiig trio certainly bore out
h. oh! : man', word, to the letter. Mr.
1X1"?" '"ti- center and
embracing his com
,...':?.!' .I""1" lk"
.... , ,l '"''n too rar.'
"1"V; wlmi " I"" said Ur
.n.s 111 11 iiuiidw voice.
.. 1 . vc "" " 1,11 of
The crowd, with bated breath. Men
ped
iiMii...i. 1 . ""ui, 1..11KIMS anu
Hullock lent iil. 11 1 .
. . "l,,L't tlieni, Larklns nnd
the two heroes were clinging to Mr.
.Morgan more for minmn .1 ,
nny mo Ives of aiTectlou. and It was no
ess evident .hat the lad's remark ns
o n bit of n searf was capable of wide
' ., "" tew nites both
parties uere face to face and the two
...U.L-. S gazing at their charges speech
less With ImlliMliltlnn
"U'hlcli Is (JuhbsV demanded I.nr
kins at last U nn unnatural voice.
The figure on Mr. Morgan's right
arm managed to open an eye and to
twist Its swollen lips Into something
"What 'ave you been doing?" vocifer
ated the lueeiiseil In .!
"I- Ighling," saldtiubbs, speaking with
some dllllculiy. fM ,,n ovcr uow
was a draw, ami we're going to halve
wiu uiuue.v oeiween us.
"OU. are you?" said 1-arklns bitterly.
"Well, you won't Imt-i. .i..ui....i i.-
- ....r-.n-ii nil
t'ii'y f It- What do you mean by It?
111 i
I II tell yon all about It." said Mor
gnu. who w.w lnnl.-li iiii.i.iii.. 1
I saw f .-n- nit fiiliit- in. ii. t
!' tm- iw.iii 111111
I followed him and talked to him. nnd
.v nun ny up comes litmus, nnd 1 talk
ed to him. Then I found out what, of
77if tico hcrms ucrc cllnolnu to Mr ilur
yon Jor tuitjmrt.
i-oiii e. 1 I. .i w In f.iiv. tli:ii all vim men
ivi'l-i' ll-vlll-- 111 lllillli-i. thi'vi. lull, 1 miU
lo kuuci; each oilier abotil fur niiiney."
Mr Laikius. I'hoklug lieliili'ssly. look
ed sternly aT Mr. Morgan and point
lug an Insinuating linger al Taihut't
Visage.
1 uiL-ril 'em not to make such a Inn
till show of themselves for money,"
nnntliiiii'il 111- MnrL'nn. "lint tlu.v .-ilil
ns'ow ihey would Cubbssald in would
be the easiest ;;.i shillings he d ever
earned, and Tarbiu said it was lilm at
was giliig to rain it. Afler a little
tail; of this kind. Cubbs here 'It Tarliut
sintiek in the eye."
Tarliut gae a faint gioaii In con
Urination.
"Then they both stinted to peel." con
HiiiiihI Ml- Miil'L'llll
Why didn't you stop 'em?" Inquired
the ex coast guard, "it was your (liny
as a I'luisilan to stop "em."
1 thought It was better for em U
tight like that than to make a brutal
'xhlbltlou of themselves," said Mr.
.Morgan with dignity. "It wns a re-
iiltliu' siu'i'tni'li' s iiH'k ns. nnd I m
glad and thankful there was nobody
there but me lo tee cm mane sucu
brute beasts of themselves."
A threatening murmur broke from
the crowd.
"There In that sweet, secluded spot,
aid .Mr. Morgan, shaking his head,
these two men. stripped to the waist.
knocked one another about for 15
rounds. I'lrst blood fell to Tarbut, he
got In with his left on dubbs' uose,
then lltibbs up with n fearful blow
uud knocked 111 til flat. It wns ns clean
blow as I ever see. I took Tarliut on
my knee. Poor fellow, he was doing
wrong, but still lie was suiieruig, nun
i'i
ter Morgan's always got a knee for
the
sufferer. Second round he was
. 1 I. I.,
more cautious linn, wiuchihk uii
chance, cllnrlied and fell with (!ubbi
under. It was a disgusting spectacle.
ti- l.m-klns Ik lit savngely over to
Mr. Hullock and whispered In his ear.
When time wns caileu - pain -r.
Morgau
"Who called It?" Inquired a voice,
lib the accent of one making a point.
..1 .11,1 -Hill Mr. Morgan: "there was
uobodj else, lloth of 'em walked rouud
ich other a bit. sparring ami loouug
.r opmiiigs. I think the third round
as the longest of all. Hutll of 'em
kept getting HI a lot of little knocKS
Hid then iloilgllig away iikhih.
I'm but cauubl (iubbs one in me u-.ii
-hang In the wliid-aud then loiiouc
up
ou III Jaw and knocke.1 nun uowu
11 gal 11 It was a disgusting spiciac.c
Must ha' been." Him a ui-it-vn-..
voice
After thm tli''''' w,'ri' ,"""v
rounds." coin lulled the narrator, '.w-
Tarbui had tin' "'" u
u.eilm.s Uubbs. Motli men .v
vei
It
v deterinlned anil lougin o'u
was good, solid, hard klttlus. nnd
the;
v were bruised all over neioie wv "
.. . . I Im.o I Sill .Ik iriie Tarbut a
",;,w oier II. heart, and I though, he
mil
ouldn'i pel up to time.
I w.i.ildi.'. If .10.. hadn't l.low;
ler
Into my face out of '"
all Tarbui .,.., .-
It was a most ilii.gu"UK -i"----
,nid Mr l''"'r -Morgan iuirri. ..
.,,.,..,1. to ....'" - iN'gan l-Htklus fero
'r'vo fine. ...en. Mrlp,M-.l .0
other alH'Ut for inot.cj. h.1.1 Mr Mor
can. '-They're never going totlBh ' y
cot. They're gool friend now. Aln
J' Wlt'h n utter disregard of the feW
hl of the byManders the two men
khook hauiU. ,tiiii- with
' And. though I regard tlghtlug wiui
tJo? concludiil Mr. Mown.
IbJ on them. "I think that, as It
haigaln. you should divide the purse
1 1 ' ttlvll cm "
'lii'-y in n't get 11 farthing of It.'
said Mr Laikius explosively, "unless
vnn like in plie It to 'em out of your
own p M-ket '
"Mi ?" said Mr. Morgan, opening his
'Jh "Why?"
"s! yourself." a!d Ml. l.arklns
P iliitedly "I should sny If any man
nei 'ad shilling"' worth of spoil all
in hisself .ion have. and. what's umrr
.mil know It. Mr. Peter Morgan."
The peiii-einnker sight il and. turning.
lid Ills chinire geiilly iiuny. Theclowd
vw.li-lii'il I In-ill as far as the Three I'lsh
el's au.l ibening thai they di'lileliid
themselves hy lorce friuii their guide
aiil in 'I,'. rineil t'e nut I and fol
I'v.i'd them f-i
IVar of Hip llrnil.
Pear of the dead Is Instinctive In
man There Is no doubt about that.
I do nut profess to be able to enter Into
the exact reasons for that fear; wheth
er II be that mini instinctively recoils
from conteniphiilon of the fallen tem
ple alone or what not. It U sufficient
that the fear exists.
Neither Is this Instinctive fear of the
dead eonlliii'd to man. I owned a horse
ouce that could never be driven past n
dead horse. The animal exhibited all
the signs of true fear.
Pear I'oiiph'd with shock can produce
Insanity. I do not think that the ren
con of a 11t1r1n.il man would be unseat
ed If he were lucked up alone with a
corp-ie for many hours, though a per
son with weak nerves certainly might
be so tlTecled. If n man discovered
thai I: s sweetheart had died suddenly
wh h- ilium- with lilm. the shock might
render him Insane.
liven to those most familiar with
death and dead bodies there Is some
thing awe Inspiring about a corpse, and
no mans ncnes ate proof ngntuM a
fright I remember once, when 1 was
aloii' In the dissecting room nt night,
the hand of the subject upon which I
wa" riuagid bccaine loosened. I did
not notice what had happened. Sml
denly the anu of the subject swung
nronnil. and Hie hand struck the side
of my face. Years of training In Im
munity fiom superstition vanished In
the Jump that I gaie.-Dr. John I,
Quackeuboi In New Yolk World.
Wnti'lirn Tim I Tlirj- l.eiiil.
They are all alike." remarked a man
coming out of a Woodward avenue
watchmaker's, accompanied by n lady
" ho.' Inquired his wife.
"Watchmakers."
"How?"
"I thought other cities maybe weren't
quite like our small town In the wild
nnd wicked west, but they are nnd
more so. I take my watch, which, as
you know. Is a line gold oue, full Jewel
ed, costing $.".00, In to have a few re
pairs, much or little, ns may be, nnd
the boss timekeeper gives 1110 nn old
battered tin watch to enrry lu lis place
that makes me ashamed to look Into
the face of a reputable watch for
weeks. In addition It excites suspicion
lu the minds of my nearest friends
when they see me take It out, and If 1
should die with that watch on my per
son In n strange country the newspa
pers would say, 'Judging from the
watch found on the deceased, he must
have come from New Jersey.' Now,
what I want to know Is why don't
Jewelers have 'substitute watches' lo
match their customers'? That Is to say,
let the customer's watch left for le
palrs determine the kind of watch he Is
to carry until he gets his own ngaln."
Hut his wife couldn't tell lilm to save
her life Detroit Prce Press.
XVanlril In llrnaili-ii lilm.
Charles II. Huiiford while playing In
n Texns town wns approached by a
young innn In typical cowboy fashion,
who said:
"Arc you the manager of thirplay
that comes tonight?"
Mr. Hanford said he was.
"Do you want to hire 11 man lo help
act?"
No. My company Is complete."
Want to hire n man to help count
money?"
"No."
"Want to hire n man to get out In the
back of the theater anil holler and ap
plaud?" "Not this tour. The audiences are at
tending to that very satisfactorily."
Want anybody for anything ou
earth?"
Not thnt I think of at present."
Well, that's Just our luck. We've
got a man here who recites pieces In
consideration of being treated. If he
doesn't get treated, he'll hang around
and make the barroom unpleasant for
hours. We don't wnnt to hurt hint, for
he's a good sort In the main. Hut he
only knows threo pieces Mnrk Anto
nys oration, Hamlets soliloquy and
Itlcnzl's address to the Itoninns. We
thought that If you could flatter his
mind Into the belief that he's n great
genius uud haul him around the coun
try two or three trips, m thnt ho cnu
leurn n few new pieces from you, we'd
bo willing to make up n purse that
would come mighty near making It
worth whlle."-New York Telegram.
(n niiil Ciinin.
"The most lemarkable coltln of
which 1 ever heard." said a traveler,
"was that of a vcr old lltigllshman
who scried In the I'rench wars under
Lord NeUou and afterward went to
Canada and settled. I think, lu Vic
toria. M. C. In his leisure moments ho
constructed a model of the flagship
Victory. It wns eight feet long and
had all the masts, sails, rigging and
cannons which Nelson's ship had. The
old mail took the greatest pride lu II
nud in his last days used to wntch It
for hours at a lime. He was a lery
small mnu, nnd when he died some of
his bailor friends lifted the deck off the
Victory and had the Inside upholster
ed. Then they put the old man In and
replaced the deck. At the funeral the
Victory was lowered Into the grove,
with Mills set nml the flags Hying. I
don't 8iipKie there- was oier 11 more
appropriate coillu t hut) that."
A nimcull Wife.
An Hncllshman thus describes the
wife of his bosom In his will:
Heaven seems to have sent her Into
the
world solely to drive me out of it.
ilri.rii'tli nf SimsiiQ. the gculut of
The
Ilomer. the prudence of Augustine, the
ui-in nt Pi-rrlma the natleiicu of Job.
the philosophy of Socrates, the subtlety
of Hannibal, the vigilance of Hermo
genes, would not sutllce to subdue fhe
perversity of her cuaracier.
THE COMMUTER.
rloTT Up (penil Ills Tlnnr of Pally
tlnllronil Travrllnit,
The much abused suluiitmnltes,
whom the cartoonists picture ns com
ing to the Mty evcr.i morning from
"I.oiiesoii)ehurst," "Lost Man's Ime,"
"Prutii'liurst-liy-tho-'lrollp" nnd other
places with equally suggestive names,
are an Interesting class of Individ
uals. The transient element of the
ilty's population spends several hours
1 very day whirling over the railroads.
When the novelty of these dally bits
of railroading has passed Into the
monotony of years of travel through
the same country the commuter has
learned to make the best of the time
he spends on the train.
The "card flctul" Is n prominent fig
ure In this class. P.pth morning and
evening four or five games of cards
nrc going on In every smoking car, and
It Is safe to say that thousands of dol
lars change hands lu this "Innocent
amusement" while the players arc hur
rying to or from business.
Next to the "card sharp" Is the man
who only enjoys his cigar nnd paper,
lie Is oblivious to nil his surround
ings nnd only shows animation when
ho Is at his Journey's end.
Many of the policies and plans of
some of this city's most successful
business men have been bom or de
veloped ou these trains. The short
resplto between tho hustle of the city
mid the cares of home life Is to this
typo of man .1 season for meditation.
Another Interesting commuter Is the
Individual who Is on good terms with
nil his fellows. He travels up and
down through the car exercising his
repertory of latest Jokes or sympa
thizing with some gloomy looking
friend who thinks that nil the world
Is against lilm. Ho seems to never
grow weary In his well doing.
The train life of the commuter Is now
and then enlivened by wrecks. Though
tossed about and sometimes cut nnd
bruised, he generally escapes serious
Injury. Such experiences ns these he
considers the spice ami coloring of his
existence. New York Mall nnd lis-
press.
COLOR OF GOLD COINS.
Itriinnm For Dlffrrrnees In Tint of
(,'ul 11 of I'rrncli .Mlnlnuc.
Some time ngo n Frenchman placed
together 11 number of gold coins! of
French mintage of the beginning, mid.-
die nnd end of the last century. He
was much surprised to see that they
differed lu color. He set nliout finding
out the reasons for this difference, and
the results of Ids Investigations have
been published In Ii Nature.
There Is a paleness about tho yellow
of the 10 and L'O franc pieces which
bear the elllgles of Napoleon I and
Louis XVIII that Is not observed In
the gohlpleccs of later mintage. Ono
admirer of these coins speaks of their
color as u "beautiful paleness" nnd ex
presses regret that It Is lacking In later
coin?. The explanation of It Is very
simple. The nlloy that entered Into tho
French gold coins of those days con
tained ns much silver ns copper, and It
wns the silver thm gave the coins their
nterestlng paleness.
The coins of the era of Napoleon III
were more golden In hue. The sliver
had been taken out of the alloy.
The gold coins of today have 11 still
warmer and deeper tinge of yellow.
This is because the Paris mint, as well
as that In London, melts the gold and
the copper nlloy lu hermetically sealed
boxes, which prevents the copper from
being somewhat bleached, ns It nlwayH
Is when It Is attacked by hot air. So
the present coins have the full wnrtn
ness of tint that a copper alloy can
give.
If the coins of today are not so lrinil-
home In the opinion of amateur collect
ors as those Issued by the first Napo
Icon, they are superior to those of ei
ther of the Nnpoleons In the fact that
It costs less to make them. The double
operation of the oxidation of the copper
and cleaning It off the surface of the
coin with nclds Is no longer employed,
and the large elimination of copper
from the surface of the coins, formerly
practiced, tnado them less resistant un
der wear and tear than are the colni
now In circulation.
Ill Kinct Word.
Interviewer Alderman Swelhed, I
have como to get your views on the
proposed change lu the curriculum of
the grammar school.
Alderman Swelhed ('iirrlculilin!
What's that? I'm ng'ln It. whatever It
Is.
Alderman Hwelhcd. rending tho re
port of the Interviewer next morning:
Our distinguished townsman, Mr. M.
T. Swelhcil, wns for.ud lit his charming
home, surrounded by abundant Indica
tion of ripe scholarship and sturdy
common &ense. In reply to our report
er's question be said.
'"I do not desire to force my opin
ions upon the public, but this I will
say, that I have given to this question
long and studious attention, Incidental
ly examining Into the curricula of Insti
tutions of learning both ut homo nnd
abroad, and, although 1 find In the ex
isting courso of study not n few mat
ters for condemnation, still, upon the
whole, I cnniiot say that I should ad
vise any radical change until I have
further time to cxnmliio Into the sub
ject.' "
'lly George, that feller s got my ex
act language, word for word I And ho
didn't tako no notes neither! Hy
George, what a memory that feller
must havc!"-Tlt-I!lts.
Don't He Simrlnit of Vnnr I.ovr,
The power of love Is ono of the groat-
tst gifts to humanity. It generates the
luushlnc of the moral universe, with
out which life would bo a desert waste.
Use this divine power without Mint.
lie prodigal of your love. Let It radi
ate freely. It will brighten the dark
plnces. It will gladden tho sorrowing.
It will lift you nlovo the petty, grind
ing cares that so won corrode the mind
and inp the energies. It Is the golden
key that will nil 111 It you to the palnce
if the true Ufc.-Succoss.
MUii-il th .lamr.
(Incut of the Doctor's (late homo
from the theaUD-Hurry up, old chap,
and let me lu.
Ahsuntmluded Doctor (who has for
gotten all about his visitor) Who are
you?
Guest-Mr. Traue.
Doctor-M.' 'I a train, havo you?
Well, catch the in xt. London Fun.
WAR BUREAU FRICTION.
General Miles Is not the first occu
pant of his position lo be at odds with
the head of the war department. In
deed It Is a tradition that there should
be Irreconcilable differences of opinion
between the secretary of wnr and the
general commanding the army. When
Sherman was In charge of nrtny hend
quatters, the conflict of authority be
came so acute that the doughty hero
ef tho mnrch to the sea, driven to des
peration by the slights ho felt were
put upon lilm, packed up his belong
ings nud moved the army headquar
ters bodily from Washington to St.
Louis, where he remained lu solitary
splendor during all the later years of
his Incumbency. Sheridan was as un
fortunate ns his predecessor In his re
lations with the secretary of war. He
wns not quite testy enough to nllow
himself to be driven from Washington,
but there were continual clashes be
tween lilm ami Secretin les Lincoln and
Cud loot t down nlmost to the day of
his death. Schotleld was able to get
along with his civilian superiors with
out friction. He had tact In abun
dance and wns a born diplomat. Noth
ing else could have saved lilm. He
nlone of nil the olllcers iccently In com
mand of the army had understood the
true relations of the general command
ing with the secretary of wnr. He up
precVited the fact that the command
ing general was, after nil, subject to
the orders of the sccretnry of wnr and
was to all Intents a chief of staff,
whose duty It was to see that tbosl; or
ders were carried Into effect. Sherman
and Sheridan were never able to adjust
themselves to this relationship. They
were soldiers and nothing else. Accus
tomed to ciimiuaud and to have t hell
orders obeyed without question, It Irri
tated them and angered tlieni that n
meie civilian untrained lu the practice
of war should bo in a position to over
rule their Judgment In mailers relating
to a profession to which they had de
voted their lives. L. A. t'oolldge In
Alnslee's.
An lim-ntliiii to l-'nellllnlr I lien I Iiik.
We are lu i-ecipt of n communica
tion fiom a correspondent In the city
of Itooiie, la., who sends $, and some
sketches of a table lie Is building, evi
dently Intended for some gambling es
tablishment In that town. A plate of
soft Iron Is located about the middle
of the hoard under the cloth, nud elec
tric wires pass up the legs of the table
and connect with the plate. Hy piessnre
of the foot or by some similar means
the electric current may be established,
and the plate becomes magiiell.ed
The loaded dice can thereby be inatilp
tilaled at the will of tho operator. The
correspondent had had some dllllculiy
lu cat ry lug out his plans successfully
mid desires us to nsslst him lu over
coming tho defects by specifying "the
amount and sizes of wire or ampere
turns mid size and shape of magnets
necessary.
We have returned the amount of
the bribe offered and take this oppor
tunity of Informing lilm that wu do not
care lo become nn nccessory In Ids
crime. Scientific American.
.Nnr York llnllroHtla.
If ntiythlng were wanting to make
the people of New York realize thnt
they live Indeed lu nn empire state,
the last report of tho state hoard of
railroad commissioners would supply
It. The gross earnings last year of
tho steam railroads reporting to tho
Btnto umouuted to ?L 17,000,000. Only
three nations In the world possess rail
roads earning so much yearly. France,
Great Hrltalu and Germany nro the
three, nnd thero Is not much differ
ence between tho gross earnings of all
tho railroads In Franco mid tho earn
ings of the rnllways which report to
tho state of New York. Tho earnings
of tho rnllwnys In Austrln nro about
one-half that amount, nnd Italy can
show only ?50,027,103 ns tho earnings
of her railways against New York's
$217,000,000. The earnings of tho rail
ways of Itussla, Including tho tran.v
Caspian Hues nnd tho Finland lines,
amount to nearly $10,000,000 less than
thoso of New York state. New York
Press.
I'IU Kiirmlri lo JloiQoltori.
Now that special efforts nro being
uiado to exterminate mosquitoes, on
Ing to tho belief thnt certain species
those Insects nre responsible for t
sprend of miliaria, tho fact that sma
fish nrc great destroyers of mosquito
larviD 11 kb umes Increased Interest. This
fact Is vouched for by Dr. Ii. O. How
ard of the department of agriculture.
Ho tells of two small lakes formed
nearly side by side lu Connecticut by
nu Invasion of the sea, one of which
contained half a dozen small fish,
while the other was flshless, Subse
quent examination revealed tens of
thousands of mosquito larvu; In the
Ashless lake, but the other contained
not one. Youth's Companion.
WUc-uimln'M Trnili- School.
An educational department lu Wis
consln next summer will be the open
lug of a summer school for apprentices
and artisans at the Stnte university. It
will be for the benefit of machinists.
rnrpentors or sheet inefnl worker", stu
lloiiary, marine or locomotive engi
neers, shop firemen nnd superintend
ents, superintendents of waterworks,
electric light plants, power stntlons.
factories, large olllce nnd store build
ings lu cities nnd for the young men
who wish lo qualify themselves for
such places.
Tlir .SurilvHl nt lllrrclliiK.
IticycUng ns n fail has disappeared.
The monkey back scorchers uro n thing
of the past. Tho century run has re
tired Into history. Tho riders of today
are tlioKe who believe In rational exer
cleo mid those who use the bicycle ns a
mciisiiie of economy In the direction of
Hiving i-Hr fare. Tho bicycle craze has
niled. hut theic will continue to be rid
rs Just the same. Savannah News.
Ilniv She llld It.
"So she ref untl you?"
"That's the Impression I received."
"Didn't she actually say no?"
"No, she didn't. All she said was
Ho, ha, hal' "-Cleveland Plain Denier.
At Whnkiirewarewa, New Zealand,
tlioro uro geysers, hot springs, boiling
(tools, mud volcanoes and hot water
falls.
Santa Clans Is unknown In Spain.
Tho three Magi are supposed to be the
children's gift brlugers.
' KISSES.
With llttlt Uuts I ihut your tjtt
t would not litre thrro flnj ind iriif,
Fpr, could 1 chow, I would hi you
IlllnJ firr, now, when you look on m
A nnath of klwei to rrcmn your hcJ,
That ihf whMo world't rro-n ihouM Jci3 It
trad, To krri jour thought of m tw kind,
Ai no-, vhtn jour darling fjca ire blind.
tn nih of jour hands t ihut Mil.
Do jou trfl how toft and llttlt It lit
Si hold It irrntly that It may lire,
list your handa ask morf than my htndi eta ftlt.
A klu for an carriru In rath drar rar.
Ami now when I apeak you can only hrar
The heart of my heart'i heart laugh and cry,
Not the foollili word! It la itHed hy.
A klu on your mouth, and It beiri no charm
To Ming jou to good, to keep you from harm)
It hai no minion, ytt let It be;
The reit were for you, but this li for ml
-rail Matt Oatette.
UNCLE SANVS SPOTTERS.
t:prt-lall- thr Man In I'nroiip Whn
l.onkai Onf l'or Smn(rarlrr.
"Uncle Sam's large and well organ
ized secret service," says S. II. Adams
In Alnslee's, "Is made up mostly of
men who come properly under the
bend of detectives with police powers,
but It hns Its class of bona tide spot
ters, whose entire duty It Is to Ingrntl
nte themselves with persons suspected
of having designs to evndo the custom
house duties and to warn the baggage
Inspectors at this end of the Impend
ing swindle.
"In cleverness, address nnd adapta
bility the secret servlco spotter Is easi
ly at tho head of his profession nnd
even rnnks with tho trained experts of
the Kuropenu diplomatic corps. It !
essential that he should bo n man of
the world, for lie must nssoclnto with
nil kinds of people on equal terms. He
has no fixed abode, hut lives In va
rious I.uropean capitals when he Is
not on shipboard, where ho Is much of
the time. Ho must never let himself
be lu the slightest degree suspected.
"There Is always n number of these
ngents In Purls, because of the great
American trade there. They live at
the fashionable hotels mid live the life
apparently of flaneurs and boulevar
tilers. In all lines of trade that coiiceiu
dutiable goods they are experts, and
no large purchase by an American In
Paris Is unknown to them, Their clr
cle of acquaintance Is enormous, but
nobody knows them for what they are.
In 0110 way or another they contrive
to make the acquaintance of any per
son whom they suspect and unostenta
tiously but unremittingly trull him.
"Many a time some man who has
made 11 heavy purchnse of diamonds
or laces nnd so disposed them that
he felt Hire of being able to get them
through the port undiscovered has
been passed on the dock by a chance
acqtinlnlnnee of the voyage over who.
uuseeii, presses 11 Hit lo note Into the
hand of the customs Inspector. That
note fells till that the wily smuggler
would wish to keep secret, nnd bis
baggage Is mercilessly ransacked until
tho hidden articles are brought to
light, lie has been followed over by
the spotter. Men employed lu this Hue
get good pay as high ns $10 a day
but It costs llii'in much to live lu the
manner lu which they must main
tain themselves."
Allom-il Plonl) of Tl 111 c
.Speaking of the late William Tin vers
leads me to remark thai, so far as 1
am personally aware, only ono of the
claslo stuttering sloiles about It I lit Is
actually true. 1 had tho honor uud
happiness to reside nt Newport for 11
your or so 'once, and nt the time Mr.
Trovers, was a summer resident there,
lie certainly stuttered a good deal, but
he did not go around habitually dis
charging staccato witticisms at the
world, as you might suppose he did
from all tho stories you hear, Hut the
one story that I know about Is this
one:
Travers was nt a garden party one
afternoon when a young lady said to
him, "What lime Is It, please, Mr.
Trnvers?"
Travvrs took out Ids wiileh,Mwabblcd
his mouth awhile, blinked and Dually
said, "It'll be s-s-s-s-slx o'c-e-c-c-cloek
by the time I can say It!"
It really lacked live minutes of (1
when he began. HohIoii Trnncrlpt.
Sunny Mourn.
It Is said to bo true that In nil hospl
tals thoso rooms facliii; tin. sun have
fewer deaths, other HiIiiks belui; equal,
than those which are ou the shady side
of the house. I.ILowIsc statistics, where
they have been kept, prove that the nv
eraj;c time for a recovery Is much Iomn
lu a sunny room than In 11 shady one
From thcc facts and from the fuel
that the tendency toward illness has
proved Kt'catcr oil tho shady side of
hulldliiK", like prisons nnd asylums, It
follows thnt 1 lull t Is second only lu Im
porta nee to fresh air. A dark room Is
nearly but not ipillo so bad ns a close
loom, In tho cane of sickness tho sick
room should bo tho sunniest one the
house affords.
l.'uolUllr,
"Isn't tlicie a ci cat deal of CKotlsm
Huong actnr.V" asked tho young 110111
nn.
"1 am sorry to say there Is," answer
ed HtormliiKlDU Harnes, "Why, I have
met 110 less than three actors who
thouKht they could play Iliimlet' a
woll ns I do! "-WasliliiKtuii Still .
I hi- 1 iclurlx 1 rua.
The u luriii cio iiieiiMUi es one luel,
ulid lwutlfll.4 hiiiaie. The actual
ui'lithl or the iiielal Is Ktl grain. Jul
grains less than an ounce. It lu
lliiule value Is a penny, ntul If Is lilts
gal III (ileal llritnill for 11 pawnbroker
to nci-ept 11 a a pledge under any clr
CtllllsllllleeH
Well Uiiouitii,
"Didn't 1 lull you 10 let well enough
aloneV said the doctor to the couvales
ccnl who had disobeyed and was suf
fering II lelapM-
"Yi-s. dwtor." whined the patleut,
'but I wasn't ii'iJI enough." .
BLAKE ''"l"""1" 1,nJ 0( a "rs
HACCITT ' lloo, N,
AlUrn I I I Writing and
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, I OARD STOCK
ST HAW ANU II1NDKKS' IIOAItll
n,-.-7-m-l KtPt st.
Tai.Mt.Nta9. IS SAX ntANCISCO
SAM MARTIN
l-'nr S.I yenrH with
C, K. Whltucjr .V Co
CHAS CAMM
1'nr I eurt h 11 Ii
r r hum iv
NllW COMMISSION IIOUSI:.
MARTIN, CAMM & CO.
IV! I-I!.'l I la vis M.. sun I'i-uhcIm-u.
Genei'iil Commission mid
Produce.
Hn,i,inlt.v, Ihillcr. Kggs ami (Mioie.
Your conHlRimit'nls MolU'lt.-it
I low -
Cai6 Bland
Originated.
It's 11 short story. A local business
1 1 111 1 1 found liiscoircegavelilin licati
I rouble. I lo tried various ecrvtils,
but they weie uiipiihilnble iitnl till--atisfnetory.
Kcnling the results to
Ills In-art If lie went back to eoH'co,
ho looked lip the liiedleal authori
ties lie wns astounded to learn
that (be value of col Ice is admitted
when Used In moderation, but that
it wns lis excessive tiso that was
disturbing, lie thereupon Imil made
tipii special mixture, half being Hue
co I lee nml half nutritious fruits ami
grains. To Ills Mirpil-e lie found It
not only richer Hum straight collce,
but Hint lie could iltinU It in satis
fy lug quantities. He told Ills friends
and tlie.v told others. A brief story,
hut 1111 iiiipoitiuit one fur I bought Till
people. If your giocer liani't II lie
will get It for you. Hut If. cents
per pound.
Cnfc' Itlnnil Coffee Co.
nilS Cloy Hlruot,
Sun Prnnctsbo.
Printers'
Snaps.
Hooker Ncivh Ciirtcri.
I Wo huvo suviTUl hundred imlrsnf ilium
1 1'iikun. Tlu'V uro n trlllu smaller llui
I lull alio. VVcre undo by to ltiailln
milium uviorii 1.11111 h ouiuu .11. 1 nny uri
iiihI Ihu hIiu to fuiilllnto FdiiiiMMlllen
111 pcrfi-cl orilrr. i'ltly cents per pair
l-itic fioi'don .lubber.
New Hlyle, SxU', noiimil-liiuul, win,
throw oil i In tlrm-oluiei cniiuilliin 1 1 ill
aide Hti'iini IlituriiN unit U ono of thr
U'nt hooond-huml presM nn Imvu.hiMl
for ii loos tlmo. lilnuKiiup
Kecoiid-liiind Cylinder.
f... t'oluiiin quarto. Wilt work imi ui
hour. A burcuiii for 11 country dull) .
Sonic llody find Dlriplny Type,
IIiik not Been onu month's use. Some 01
ll Imnlly Mulned Hei-ond hund price
PACIFIC STATES TYPE FOUH
BOH Clny Street, S. P.
Imiruii' 'l,ut l,rttiiri.
In Ids "Kcceiiliicltlcs of Oenliis"
Major Pond tells the pathetic story of
ltntph Waldo lhncrsoii's last lecture,
delivered In the Old South church In
Hoston for the fund to save that build
Ing from demolition:
"As hu began reading hN lecture the
audience wns very attentive. After a
few moments he lost his place, and his
Briiiuldaiighler, sitting lu the front row
of seals, gently stepped towsrd hint
nnd reminded hliu that ho was lectur
ing. Ho saw at onco that ho was wan
dering, mid, with the luont charming,
chiuncleiisllc. apologetic Ixiw. he re
sumed his place, an Incident I bat seem
ed to alTcct the auilleucu iiiol'u than
anything else that could possibly hnve
occurred. A few moments later he
took u piece of inaiiusciipt In his huml
mid, turning around with II. laid It 011
a side table. Just then 0110 of tho audi
ence said to me (I think It was Mrs.
t.lvcrtnoro or Mr. Howe), 'Plctisu hiivs
tho audience pass right out,' and, rush
ing up to Sir. Ktnorsoii, said, Thank
you so much for that delightful lec
ture;' theu, turning around, waved the
audience to go out.
"Ho probably had been speaking
about 13 minutes. Tho nndlenro pass
ed out, many of thcin In tears. It was
ono of thu most pathetic sights 1 ever
witnessed."
Surface Inillriillon.
1'rom "A Hook on Dartmoor," writ
ten by tho Itov. S. Uarlug-Uould, comes
a story which might havo como from n
less trustworthy source:
Tho wild mid romantic country of
Dartmoor consists of a tableland with
rugged peaks or tors mid all but Im
passable marshes. After a dry summer
It Is easy to pick one's way across
parts of It which nt other times uro full
of pitfalls. At ono of tho latter periods
a man was cautiously treading his way
across ouo of tho treacherous marshes
when ho saw a hat lyluff brltn down
ward on tho sedge. Ho gave H a gen
tle, good humored kick In passing and
almost Jumped out of his skin wucu a
choked voice called out from beneath;
"What bo you a-doln to my 'at?"
"Ho there uoiv a chap under'u?" ex
claimed tho traveler.
"Kes, 1 reckon, and a boss under me
likewise."
The first photographic portrait taken
wns of a Mrs. Dorothy Draper lu 1S3U
by her brother, Dr. John Draper.
Irvlaud sends annually 41,000 tons of
eggs, some 010,000,000 lu rouud num
bers, to Kuulaud alone.