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bl« h» Hiles of their own. Only the
young’members of the family now are
left to lie watched out for by this care
ful father.
BAN PON llEtORPER
ART OF CONVERSATION.
It Bhonld Be Fostered aad Studied
With Srriounne»».
A lady « ho picked up the first pages
of this article said, “That is all gospel
truth, Polly, but you can rest assured
that 1 did not wait for leap year to
pro|MMe. It may have seemtsi deeid-
edly out of place, but you see J----- had
been coming to our house for alsiut two
years steadily. First it was only once
or twice a week, then it got to he nearly
every night in the week he would drop
in, und he was always at our house for
dinner on Sundays and holidays. Yet
he never promised or let the slight««!
word fall in regard to his intentions. I
simply got tired of burning gas for
him every night, and Is-sliles, theyoung
men who used to enjoy dropping in to
our bouse everv few evenings, ami you
remember What lovely times we had
together, for 1 think they enjoyed
father’sand mother’sconipany as much
as they did mine. They ceased earning
altogether. I liked J----- immensely,
yet I did not intend to devote my whole
time to him if he was not in earnest. If
our home was just a convenient place
for him to drop into and rest after his
day's work was over and on Sundays
as well, it was all right and he was
welcome to come, but in that event I
was not going to waste my time on
him and would have the old friends
coming in as of yore. He didn’t like
that proposition one bit, and when in
<ies|H-ration I proposeii to him one even
ing he was the most grateful mortal
you ever saw. He said he had Iieen
trying to propose to me for months
l>ut couldn’t get his courage up to that
point. I think there are a whole lot of
eases just like J----- 'a. Tlie men are
simply too liashful to propose. I have
come to the conclusion that the girls
should, leap year or not, do their own
proposing. If they don’t want to get
married there is no need to waste any
time on them. You can give my expe
rience for the Is-netlt of other girls, but
please do not give my name.”
-X-
Caroline Hazard In her "Education
Leap year, and now there is another
of Women" says, “How few of us
study to put things persuasively, to op|»ortunity given our fair »laughters
reach a pro;x*r climax, to retire grace to change their names if they so desire.
fully from a subject." It la a common They can do their own proposing, and
Baying that Mie art of conversation has if their erstwhile liashful lovers then
disappeared from among us, and yet It fail to come to time and show no in
la an art held in honor by all men.
Telegraphic speech has taken the place clination to accept the j»ro|MMal and
of the more careful and elaborate become happy benedict», they can turn
forms of conference. But it Is an art their attention toward other friends
which sliould be presented to all young and win those ba» k who have been
people and which they should study driven away by tlie ardent devotion of
with seriousness and attention. Noth tin«»* young men who are jealous of
ing really Inspires, nothing really cre th»* attention of other gentlemen to
ates enthusiasm but the perception of them yet still have no intention of ever
an ultimate Ideal, whether It be In art marrying themselves. Many a young
or music or in any other of the realms
of spiritual thought. This Ideal of girl wlio would love to have a Inane of
beauty has to come to the aid of every tier own and who dreams of this ful
form of expression, lifting and rulslng fillment of their liopessome day, goes on
It into its own kingdom. The student entertaining tin* same young man who
who bus even tiegun on such a course dame gossip has already ruiAored is to
of training, who cun see beauty In ev Is* her future liuslmnd, leasing tier in
erything In the created world and In formation on tlie fact that lie is Holl
the realm ef thought, has certainly be stant in ids attention. Week in and
gun to be beautiful In himself. For
out,
beauty most truly passes Into the per week out, month in and month
son who studies the beautiful. No one year in and year out, he comes, All
can give out what he does not have to the other friends have one by one
give. He must first absorb beauty at <’ease»l calling until the young man,
the greut natural reservoirs and foun I tlie persistent caller, is left to woo and
tains of the tienutiful before he himself win tlie object of Ills affection. Months
can become truly beautiful In life und and years roll by and then some charm
Character and so able to transmit beau ing young la»ly comes into tin- neigii-
ty to all around him.
lMirlnxsl, and this lover of years’ stand
ing suddenly finds this stranger better
ANCIENT BABYLON.
conqiany than ids old-time friend ami
Its Great Wall Was One ut the Won* forgets to call for tlie first time in
dem ut Those llaya.
years. The flimsy excuse lie gives
According to Herodotus, the ancient may l»e listened to tlie first time, iiut it
city of Babylon stood on a broad, level soon gets to is* an old story. He drifts
plain and was an exact square of four away entirely, and siie becomes embit
teen miles each way. making the entire tered ami lives to herself. If she is
circuit of tlie city fifty-six miles. It
was protected both by a wall and a wise site kee|>s her heartaches to her
moat, the latter being broad and deep self, Iiut nine times out of ten she tells
and kept constantly filled with water her dearest friends her troubles and
But the wall was the wonder of won talks entirely t»x> much for her own
ders, being 1)3 1-3 feet In width and an goiwi. It may be hard to lx*ar her dis
even 200 feet In height. This monster appointment in silence, and she feels
barrier was provided with 100 gates, better for tin* time being if she can
all of solid brass, the lintels and side open her heart to her friends. Their
In Philadelphia if a mail proposes to
pieces being in bronze. Cross walls sympathy may be like» balm to her
a girl and is accepted on Sunday, no
ran along the banks of the Euphrates,
each provided with twenty-five gates, wouinled lieart for tin* time Ix'ing, still breach of promise suit can be brought,
which corresponded to the number of tlie <iay will come when she will wish for the simple reason that even if the
streets running In each direction from that she had remembere«i that tliere projsisal was lx>im tide, it is worthless
are times when silence is golden, and because having been uttered on Sun
the river.
The most remarkable edifice Inside there are some things tlie least said day. It will hold gisid on any of the
the wall was the temple of Bel, a pyra about tlie better. She will find that working days, however. This ruling
mid of eight square stiulhi. On the lids young man whom she firmly be
summit of this pyramid sttxxl a pure lieved was the emlxxiiment of all that was made in a prominent breach of
promise suit in Philadelphia recently.
gold Image of Bel forty feet high, two
other smaller figures of the same pre was g»xxl, true and noble, was after all
cious metal and a golden table forty feet nothing but common clay, and sin* will
BRIEF REVIEW
long and fifteen f<*et wide. This won wonder where was the charm that en
derful city first came prominently Into deared him to her and congratulate
Horseflesh as Food.
the history of the world in the year 747 herself that fate was kind to her after
A
considerable
quantity of liorseflesli
B. C., but since the time of Alexander all. Still tliere are others who will al
the Great It has been a ruin, the site low an affair like tlie above to blight is eaten in London. One firm of slaugh
having at one time been entirely lost. their lives for all time. They are usu terers kills 25,000 horses annually, and
ally of a despondent disposition, how they receive the carcasses of another 10,-
THE GREAT CONDOR.
ever, ami once disappointed they lose 000, which are killed in ull parts of
England. Curiously enough, London
the al) faitli in men and l>r»xxl over tlieir
It 1» the Most IHSIcult lllrd ■
is
theonly town in Great Britain where
sad ex|x*rience until they Ixx'ome em-
World to Trap.
Probably the great condor Is the most l»ittx-i-osi and morose. There is where tin* eatsineat man flourishes, and tliere
difficult bird in the world to trap. One tliey makea mistake. There are plenty appears to is* a surplus of sixty tons of
of the great vultures, It inhabits lofty of g<xxi, true men in the world, and sound liorseflesli weekly of wliicli the
peaks of the Andes, hardly accessible she should not condemn them all lx- cats of tlie inetro]Milis do not account
to man. It builds its nest among the causeof this one unworthy mortal.
for. Tliere are sixteen licensed horse
topmost crags, often on a ledge of some
butcheis in tlie metropolis, who are
precipice with an almost perpendicular
mostly patronize»! by Germans anil tin*
I have a great deal of respect, ami ad
drop of many hundred feet.
S»'andinavians, and although the trade
miration
as
well,
for
a
young
friend
An extremely wary bird, it shares
with Its congeners the proverbial "ea whose engagement to a certain young is carried on suit rosa, it is hinted that
gle eye” and is thus able to see Im man had been announced and prepara a very large projiortioli of tlie tinned
mense distances while yet unseen by tions had been made for her Holding, delieiM'ies wiiieli figure on our breakfast
man. Its wings have a spread of which was to occur in a few weeks. He tallies owe their origin to tlie liorse.
twelve feet, and, though its flight is
heavy, it can sustain Itself for long pe jilted her without a word for another
Few Have Limbs Alike.
girl. After the first shock, which she
riods In the air.
Physiologists and scientist» have lx*en
kept
to
herself,
not
even
her
own
rela
To trap it men ascend to its haunts
making some curious exixtriments witli
and shoot some animal of considerable tives realizing how deeply she was
size. This is skinned, and a man lies wounded by tlie fickleness of her in a view to determine tlie relative length
down by the body under the skin and tended, she was her own Hweet, lova ami strength of right and left limbs.
waits, perhaps for hours. Roon con ble self again. Did she give up going Fifty and nine-tenths per cent of the
dors come flocking round until one set into society and let tlie world know men examined liail tin* right arm
ties on the skin, when the man below that she cared? Not a bit of it. It stronger than tlie left; 16.4 per eent
grips Its legs, flings the skin over it
was an effort, but she made herself the had the two arms of eipial length, and
and stabs It to death.
22.7 per cent had the left arm stronger
The strength of these birds Is enor life of the little gatherings ami social than the right. Of women 46.9 jx*r
events
and
was
seemingly
tin*
lightest-
mous, and the condor hunters often
have their arms broken by strokes liearted one among them. Her old cent had the right arm stronger than
from their powerful wings.
friends flocke»! around her and she was the left; 24.5 )x*r cent had tin* left arm
lovely to them all. Even tlie man she stronger than tlie right In order to
The Offend I nit Handkerchief.
had ls*en engage»I to for a time forgot arrive at tlie average length of limits
It is In fact a grave sanitary ques his new love mid tried to smooth over fifty skeletons were measured—twenty-
tion whether the handkerchief does not tlie trouble, but she would have noth five of each sex. Of these twenty-three
do mon* harm than good ns It Is ordi
bail tlie riglit arm and left leg longer,
narily used. When we assume that the ing to do witli him. “I don’t know as six tlie left arm and riglit leg, while in
nose do«« not need to be wiped, we face I shall ever care for anylxxly again as I seventeen casi-s all tliememlxTs were of
a reasonably broad proposition as to cared for John nt one time, Polly, and more or less e»|ual length.
the danger of the handkerchief as a 1 don’t know that I wish to, for I think
disease propagator. Mqst nasal ca tin* inde|M*ndence of a liachelor maid is
A Perfect Cartridge.
tarrhs are of an Infectious character, delightful. Free to do as I like through
notably those of grip origin.
France
claims to possess the most per
tliis life, go where I wish and ask no
Contrary to a general law of asepsis, odds of anybody. I like all my friends fect rifle cartridge in tlie world. It is
the handkerchief saturated with dis but do not care for one more than two years since De Galifet made the
ease germs. Instead of being promptly
claim, in a somewhat oracular manner,
washed, is stowed for hours In the another. The more I study the life of
without indicating that is was bawd
pocket, with a result that can be easily a iMu helor maid tlie more fascinating
imagined. Is it any wonder then that It is to me, and with friends, books, upon the cartridge. Thia, however, is
catarrh Is constantly fostered by a ays flowers, birds and congenial surround now openly stated. It is in the tra
tern of auto Infection?— Medical liecord ings, what more do I want? The other jectory that the perfection of the ex
girls can marry and settle down. I plosive lies, causing the ball through
Woald Win Either Way.
will keep my freedom and inde)>end- out the range of its course to follow a
"Would you still want me to be your enee. I came near making tlie mistake virtually direct line from the muzzle in-
wife If my father was a p«x»r man? ' once, I Hit I will not do it the second ritevi of rising and descending as in al
asked the beautiful heiress.
time.”
most all other rifles. This directness
"Yes," the duke replied after a little
of
line obviously increases the danger
pause. "In that case I would be
Going l»ack to this habit of young by fire to an enormous extent. It is es-
enough of a curiosity to get rich ex •»M»il keeping cnpipaoy u
san'« tlnutte-.t that-tts •btst'.veer.equal ttur.ibent
hibiting myself."—Chicago Record-Her
young Indy to the .exclusion of other of French and German riflemen, the
ald.
gentlemen friends and who have no French fire would 1« twice aa destruc
intention of marrying makes me think tive.
Probably There Now.
Bobby—ra, did you ever s»s* an arm the plan of a gentleman who has a
of the sea?
In some countries a man may get a
large household of daughters a very
Father—Yes.
gissl one. Whenever a young man divorce if bis w ife iloes not know how
"Where was it?”
shows a iMirtieular interest in one of to cook. That ought to la* a cinch.
"It was hugging the shore the last ills daughters and commences calling Biscuits like Mauser bullets ami pies
I saw of It.”—Smart Set
regularly, always asking for the same that would double up the Ixiwels of tin*
young lady, he makes it a |x>int to deep would make any man cry for home
Aa Appeal.
The Owner-See here! That trunk have a )>ersonal interview with the and mother.
young num ami the main topic of con
never did you any harm, did it?
Maine’s pavilion at the World's Fair
The Porter—Any harm? Of course versation is—“ills intentions.” It duly
not.
lasts fora few minutes, but it is a try will lie a log cabin adorned with
The Owner—Well, then, don't treat It ing ordeal for the young man. If he mounted fish and game, cams«, |»ad
■s If It did.—Brooklyn Life.
is in earnest and really has Intentions dles and trophies of the chase. land
of trying to win the young lady for his scape paintings and photographs will
wife, it is all right, providing he is in a illustrate the Pine Tree State's resorts.
The Tanker Twist.
The beginning of an International | h wit ion to support a wife, otherwise he
Tlie bride of a week thinks slie knows
misunderstanding or the continuation is quietly informed that bis attentions
tnwe
alssit matrimony than the woman
of an old one Is contained In this dia must cease, as other suitors are being
who has iieen pegging away at it for
logue from the Philadelphia Iaalger:
kept away and the young lady in ques
„
“You can always tell an English tion cannot possibly »ipvoteall her time thirty years.
man," said the Briton proudly.
to
him.
This
methixl
has
worked
like
When a ntan Hmsts that he never
"Of course you can." replied the Yan
a charm and nearly all the daughters kicks his brain is too soft to yank up
kee. "tw>t It doesn't do any good."
have n*ri<*d well and Jiave eomforta- hi» legs. •
modern utopias .
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
A WHISTLER PICTURE.
farapeaa < unntrlee la Which Faa-
P«*rl.m |. lakaowa.
Nothing Bine < an Xnpplnnl II aa a
Frenerver ut leslh.
rhe hrMiiiatlc Manner **f Ila t'lniah
aud au Aatlcliuiax.
Denmark claims that there is not s
tingle Yiersou |U her domain who can
jot read and write. On the uortbeast
coast of New Guinea the Island of
Kutalia. surrounded by a wall of coral
401) feet lilgti OQ one side and from
Co to loo feet on the other, maiutalmi
thlrteeu villages of natives, to whom
war, crime aaj poverty have been un
known since the beginning of their
traditions rhe moat peaceful and com
fortalde community In Europe Is the
commune of the Canton Vaud, In Swit
zerland. Nearly every one Is well off,
und there ure no paupers. Finland is a
realm whose inhabitants are remark
able for their Inviolate Integrity. There
are no banks and no safe deposits, for
no such security Is essential. You may
leave your luggage anywhere for any
length of time und be quite sure of
finding It untouched on your return,
and your purse full of money would be
Just ns secure under similar circum
stances. The Finns place their money
and valuables lu holes In tlie ground
and cover them w.itb a big leaf. Such
treasure Is sacredly respected by all
who pass it, but In the rare event of
a man wishing to borrow of bls neigh
bor during bls absence he will take
only the smallest sum be requires and
place a message In the bole telling of
his urgent need and promising to re
pay the amount on a specified date.
And lie will Invariably keep his word,
for the Finn Is Invincible In his inde
pendence.
Agneta Park, near Delft, In Holland,
Is another Utopia example. A tract of
ten acres has upon It 150 houses, each
with its little garden and with cer
tain common buildings and common
grounds. The bouses are occupied by
the employees of a great distilling com
pany, who form a corporation which
owns the park. Each member owns
shares In the corporation and pays
rent for his house. The surplus, after
all expenses have been paid, comes
back to him as dividend. If he wishes
to go away or If he dies his shares are
bought up by the corporation and sold
to the man who takes bls place.—De
troit Free Press.
Next to air and food In the human
economy ugant exercise. We may have
plenty of fresh air and a proper allow
anew of the right kind of food, and yet
without belpfbl dally exercise these
will not avail to keep the body in good
condition. In answer to the question.
"Why do we grow old?” a French
writer gives these three reasons: "We
do not get enough physical exercise In
the open air, we are poisoned by ml
crobes which the phagocytes have not
succeeded In destSoytng, and we are
depressed by fear of death." Of the
three reasons it will be noted that tie
gives the place of flrst Importnm-e to
lack of exercise, There Is notl* g else
which can take the place of physical
activity as a preserver of youth anil
energy. "Grow younger as you grow
older by cultivating a moderate love of
good, healthful, honest sport,” la sound
advice. VValklng, running. Jumping,
rowing, playing golf, tennis or croquet
or any other milder form of exercise
In the opeu air keep« the muscles sup
pie and prevents the joints from stiff
enlng, fills the lungs with life giving
oxygen and keeps the blood from be
coming sluggish or the liver torpid. In
short. It Is exercise that keeps the body
In tune and "up to concert pitch,” Just
as exercise keeps the voice of a music
Instrument In perfect tone.
Whistler was one day visited by a
foreign artist an old acquaintance,
with whom Whistler bad not as yet
quarreled. He was received with gen
uine cordiality, and, artist like, he ran
round the studio looking at everything
One small picture seemed to charm him
especially, and he said, "Now that 1»
one of your good ones.” "Don’t look at
it dear boy," said Whistler airily, “it'l
not flulshed." "Finished!” said the
visitor. "Why, It Is the most carefully
finished picture of yours that 1 have
ever seen.” "Don’t look at it!” per
sisted Whistler. “You are doing In
justice to yourself, you are doing In
Justice to my picture, and you are do
Ing Injustice to me!” The visitor looked
bewildered, when Whistler, in a the
atrlcal tone, cried out: “Stop! l'U finish
It now!" Then he procured a very
small camel's hair brush, fixed It on a
Jong and slender handle, mixed a little
speck of paint on his palette, dlp|>ed
the tip of his brush Into It, and then
standing off from bls picture and with
the action of a fencer wltta bls rapier,
he lunged forward aud touched tb<
picture In one spot with his pigment.
"Now it's finished.” said he, "Now you
may look at it." This was all highly
dramatic, and ludeed very well acted,
but, as lu the case of Home stage plays,
the final act of Whistler’s performame
proved to be an anticlimax. The for-'
elgn artist t<x>k hla leave, but, finding
that he had left bls umbrella behiud
him, called for It next day. The serv
ant, re»-ogulzlng him, told him that Mr.
Whistler had gone out for the day, but
invited him to go to the studio and
seek his umbrella. lie went there and
found IL but also took the opiwrtunlty
of having one more look at the picture
which had been "finished'' for Ills spe
dal benefit the day before, and then
he saw that the little dab of wet paint
which Whistler had so dramatically
put on he had afterward scrupulously
wiped off again!—Frederick Keppel lu
The Reader.
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
Life Is short—avoid causing yawns.—
Eleanor Glyn In "The Damsel and the
Sage.”
A man's conscience Is the best barom
eter of his ability.—Owen Kildare In
"My Mamie Rose.”
Women’s counsel may not be worth
much, but he who despise th It Is not
wiser than he should be.—Amelia E.
Burr lu "The Black Shilling.”
Human nature Is not always at Its
highest level, and heroic sacrifices arise
only from heartfelt motives. — Sir
George Trevelyan in "The American
Revolution."
Life is tlie only real counselor, Wls
dom unflltered through personal expe-
rience does not become a part of the
moral tissues. — Edith Wharton In
"Sanctuary.”
Do not attempt to do a thing unless
you ure sure of yourself, but do not re
linquish It simply because some one
else Is not sure of you. Stewart Ed
ward White In “The Forest.”
Don't be fooled by a cheer or by a
crowd. Cheers are nothin' but a breeze,
an’ as for a crowd, no matter who you
nre, there would always be a bigger
turnout to see you hanged than to
shake your mitt.—Alfred Henry Lewis
in "The Boss.”
EYES INCREASE IN SIZE.
C%aage Oft«« Beenite la tka
pravaasaat at tka Sight.
Ine-
A conversation with a prominent hat
tar developed the fact that among men
of large affairs where decided execu
tive ability and strong mental equip
ment were requisite It was common to
find an Increase In the cranial develop
ment. A more detailed investigation
among some of the large metropolitan
hatters revealed the fact that many
of them had for years by means of an
automatic measuring device kept rec
ords of peculiarities of the cranial out-
line of many of our prominent men.
which bad led to the discovery (to
which, however, little Importance had
been attached) that the skull often
shows a decided Increase In size after
middle age.
Thus, If It is a fact that the human
eye depends largely upon the surround
ing bony structure for its size and pro
portion, It can readily be seen that In
the case of an eye which presents ab
normal visual conditions due to an In
adequate development the Increase In
the size of the skull referred to, ac
companied, ns It usually Is, by general
ly Improved physical conditions, would
naturally tend to a corresponding In
crease In the size of the eyeball, there
by contributing to a possible neutral
ization of the visual defect.—Jewelers'
Circular-Weekly.
LOCKS AND KEYS.
Their l'»e Can Be TcaceS Baek to
the Ancleat K(>ptla.i.
The hedgehog runs the roads in Eng
land freely. lie Is a quaint little fel
low, our hedgehog, having far more
Intelligence than people give him credit
for. It is curious, as you stand per
fectly still lu the middle of the road, to
see him come running along, then stop
ping to sniff and whine and examine
the high, strange object that hardly
breathes lest he startle the little crea
ture. Then, with a gentle grunt, be
will pass you by. A very low yet de
cided grunt he gives, and he whines as
well.—Blackwood’s Magazine.
According to Denon, locks and keys
can be traced back to the ancient Egyp
tians, more than 4,000 years ugo. This
Is Inferred from the sculptures on the
great temple of Karnak, which closely
resemble locks still in use there—
clumsy, massive wooden locks, In which
three plus drop Into three boles In the
bolt, when it Is pushed In, and are
raised by corresponding fixed pins on
the big key. Similar locks nnd keys
are found ut Mosul, near Nineveh, the
lA*y being more than a foot long, quite
clubllke and often carried on the shoul
der.
Keys are also mentioned at the siege
of Troy, 1193 B. C. The Ptnenlclans
are said to have exchanged locks for
tin from Cornwall. Occasional notices
of them occur In many Greek and Ro
man writers, Pliny ascribing their In
vention to Theodorus of Samos. Bronze
and iron keys have been found In the
ruins of Pompeii.
Possibly far more ancient than these
are Chinese locks, with springs and
tumblers, some of them musical, almost
exact counterparts of the famous
Bramah lockH of England In th»* eight
eenth century.
Shaking Rands at French Funerals.
Why Little Folks Are Big Future.
The Hedgehog.
A most painful custom at French
funerals is the posting at the exit door
of the church wherein the ceremonies
take place of the male bead of the de-
ceased person's fandly, the widower
or the eldest son or brother, whose
duty ft Is to shake hands with every
person who has been present at the ob
sequies when once they are over and
people are going away. It Is not eti
quette for the gentleman to speak to
anybody, but If be Is moved to tears
his weeping is considered a most ap
propriate action.
Drinking Healths.
This was a Roman custom. The
drinking was accompanied by some
such words ns "Here’s to myself,”
“Here’s to you” and "Here's to I shau’t
say who.” The ancient Greeks also
drank healths. When Theramerus was
condemned to drink hemlock be said.
"Hoc pulcro Crltlas."
The ancient Saxons also hud the same
custom. Henglst Invited King Vortl-
gern to a banquet to see the new levies.
After the dishes were removed Rowe
na, the beautiful daughter of Henglst,
appeared before the scene holding lu
her huml a golden cup full of wine
She then made obeisance and said,
which In modern English means, “Ixjrd
king, your health.” The king drank
and replied, “Here’s to you.”
The Greeks handed the cups to the
person they toasted and said. “This to
thee.” Our custom of bolding out the
cup comes to us from ancient Greece.—
American Queen.
Thistles.
In the fourteenth century thistles
were used as food for cuttie, and they
were considered as a crop. In the old
priory of Lindisfarne there Is a note
In the archive« of 1344-45 of thick
leather gloves required for the harvest
ers of the thistle crop. It Is curious
that, though the thistle Is the emblem
of Scotland, the Scot never seems able
to nay which kind of thistle is the
true national emblem. It Is Bald that a
thistle which resembles Carduus marl
anus was figured on the old coinage of
the day of James V., who was first to
put thistles on the Scotch money. The
born spoons sold In Edinburgh some
times have little silver thistles on the
end of the bandies.
Out In Columbia road lives a gentle
woman of umple means, who recently
advertised for a cook. The establish
ment Is entirely In accord with an ex
cellent social position, but Is by no
means pretentious, so when a well rec
ommended cook called and mentioned
her price as $40 a month the lady of
the bouse answered that a wage of that
figure was quite out of the question.
The cook dwelt a little on her su
perlor ability In the matter of getting
up smart luncheons and dinners, but
the mistress of the bouse answered
thnt she wouldn’t think for a moment
of paying $40 for a cook. The chef
lady rose to depart. She was perfectly
affable, and the gentlewoman's deter
mlnatlon evidently Impressed her as
most commendable.
“I see how It is," she said approv
ingly. "You are trying to live within
your Income.”
And she departed, doubtless to find
somebody who Isn't making that of
fort—Washington Post.
It lias lx*en laid down as a physiolog
ical rule that tlie requirements of adult
diet depend not on the weight of the
eater, but on the extent of his txxlily
surface. In tlie case of children this
rule Is further modified. An Infant
may weigh one-eighteenth as much as
a grown man, but its surface la more
than one-seventh as great. As the first
requirement of the Infant’s food Is to
replace the beat that Is continually be
ing lost by radiation from all parts of
the body, the latter fraction determines
the needed proportion of nourishment
rather than the former. Iiut In the
Precocious.
case of a growing child food Is also
“Oh, yea, we were a very young cou needed to supply the Increase of txxllly
Twenty Shots 1» Hla Heail.
ple-mere children. In fact I was but weight In all, an Infant's ration may
At the present time there is a keeper
a simpering schoolgirl In short skirts, be five times as much as would be esti on a Hertfordshire estate who lias
and George was Just a boy In Jackets. mated from its actual weight alone.— about twenty shots In bls head. Nearly
I remember bow pleased he wua when Success.
thirty years ago this man was acci
be cast bls first vote.”
dentally shot by an under keeper, and
The Whole Thing.
"But he didn’t vote until he was
there were twenty-two boles in tlie hat
"I suppose,” said the absconding he wore, which is preserved to this
twenty-one?"
"George was very precocious. He cashier to the friend who had run day. The injured man never had the
voted much earlier than they usually across him in parts unknown, "that allots extracted, wan long between life
there was a good d«*al of talk about me and death and completely lost his hear-
do.”—Cleveland Plain Denier.
after I disappeared?"
Ing.—London Standard.
Motherhood Ip to tint«.
"I should think there was!" answer
Arearate Pnlnrera.
"Think of n woman with tier soelnl •d the friend. "Why, man. the weather
The fsmni’e Tintoretto. In s •Minting
responsibilities having a child!"
wasn’t mentioned at all for two
of the Israelites gathering manna.
"Disgraceful! But they say she Is Weeks.”
showed them armed with guns. and a
fond of ft.”
latter day Neapolitan nrtlst has depict
H«l»ing Ont the Supply.
“That's the strange part. Hbe Is nl
<*d
the holy family crossing the Nile. In
most like a mother to It."—Town Top
Magistrate—So you admit havin';
les.
been engaged In making counterfeit their flight Into Egypt, In a mngnlfl
cently ornamented barge.
money?
Prisoner—Yea, your honor. You see.
Writ!»* and Drenalng.
infere»«*«.
Dorothy- Don't you feel In awe of the supply of the genuine article Is no
Dorothy—What Frank Werner ever
very, very short!
literary women?
could have aeon In Bessie Brown Is
Dora No, indeed. My literary cousin
says It takes more sense to dress well
Don't hang a dismal picture on th» past tny knowledge.
Bella-Why, Dorothy, 1 didn't know
than it does to write ■ book.—Detroit trail, and don't daub with sable ami
you cared ao much for Frank.—Boston
Free Preps.
gloom your conversation.— Emerson
j Transcript.
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What's la a Naaset
Roebling, who built the Brooklyn
bridge, has a street named after him to
perpetuate the fame of bls achieve
ment. Aiderman Holler, who made the
Williamsburg bridge celebration a
cess. was thought worthy of equal lion
ors. But the Idea of a "Hollar street”
conveyed suggestions not consonant
with euphony, und the project was
voted dow n. Buch Is the handicap of a
name.
In the leas fastidious time la-fore the
creatlou of municipal art commissions
Holler might have hail ids mime thus
embalmed along with Goerck and Jones
and Jacobus and ltyer and Viele and
Crlmmlns. From the Battery to Gun
IIIII road anil from Featherlied lane to
the Bowery there Is comprised a collec
tion of street uiiiiun more noteworthy
for their variety than their plcturesque-
n.-ss.
How little a street name serves to re
call to imsterlty the celebrity of the
present! Of the group of streets Just
west of Broadway toward the old
Greenwich district — Mercer, Wooster,
Greene how rarely doe» the |MHlestrlau
remember that they bear the names of
generals famous In the war of the Rev
olution! As for Sullivan street, a |s»s
slble misapprehension may be corrected
by the Intimation that It was not named
after an ancestor of "Big Florrie" or
"Little Tim.” General Sullivan's lau
rels are pretty well failed nowadays.
The Eye on the Chinese Junk.
Few people know why Chinese Junks
have an eye painted on tlie port side of
the bow. A Cantonese legend explains
the origin of that singular custom In a
way that is suggestive of Anglo-Saxon
humor.
A great Chinese mandarin who lived
centuries before tlie Christian era. find
Ing himself In need of a navy, sent for
the royal boat builder and ordered him
to build a certain number of ships. So
the builder drew up plans and present-
ed them to the mandarin. But the
plans evidently did not suit Ills majes
ty. for he flew Into a violent rage and
ordered the boat builder from Ids pres
ence.
"Then how shall I build them, your
celestial highness?” he pleaded.
Thereupon the mandarin drew off one
of Ids slippers and threw it at the laiat
builder, who tied from the room. At '
the door he turned for a moment just
in time to catch the mandarin winkHtg
at his prime minister.
The boat builder picked up the royal
slipper and used it as a model and then
painted one eye on its bow to represent
the royal master's wink.
Only Two dirtI m I q y n In Sixteen Yearn
Not one person in many thousands
but who celebrates a birthday once
a year, and when this eagerly hxiked
for day comes but once In four years
It seems a long, long tlnje. especially
with little folks. But how about a
birthday that conies only once In eight
years?
Miss Pauline Stone, who Ilves In »
Seven Hills, .was born Feb. 21). 1N8N.
and, although she will be sixteen years
of age next February, she lias laid
only two birthdays— In- 1892 and 18IM1. i
The year 1900 would have been a leap
year but for the fact that it was a
centennial year not divisible by 4<M>,
and therefore February had but twen- '
ty-elgbt days, and Miss Stone had no
birthday. It Is Interesting to remem
ber that since the beginning of the
Christian era only four centennial
years have been leap years. Next
February, however, will give they.... .
lady a birthday, and she is looking for
ward to tlie time with great interest.
Owensboro (Ky.) Inquirer.
Marrla*e.
Lucille— Were you not embarrassed I
"Marriage la like a besieged city."
when young Dr. Jones ask»*»! you for
"In whnt way?”
your band?
Ethel— Dear me, y««! I hardly knew ! "Ro many of the people are trying to
whether he wanted to take me or my get In and ao many to get out.”—Life.
pulse.—Puck.
The world Is overlond«*d with people
The Great Secret.
who were Juet going to do aomethlng
Towne—You say It's Inqssialhle for a when aomelHxly etaw got In ahead of
woman to keep a secret?
them.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Browne— Yes.
A woman Is never known to adver
Towne How alsiut hetange?
tise for the return of stolen property
A good name la rather to be chosen
Browne—She doesn't keep ♦ but R
than great rlcbea, and a loving favor
“and no questions asked." She would
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cret. She merely 1 ies to
ask guestlona or dW.
I rather than silver or gold. Holomon.
"My pa," said the blind man's boy.
"can tell dimes from pennies and nick
els from quarters by Just feeling of
them.”
"Huh," replied old Hardpblst's son.
“that's nothing! My pa can tell tlie
difference by the smell."—Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
The Russian army In point of num
bers Is the largest in the world. Nearly
fitxi.OOO young men reach their majority
in Russia every year, and each Is bound ' »
by law to spend live years hi the army. , f
If all were taken they would make all.
army too large even for Russia, so only
219,000 go to the colors with the army
or the fleet, and the rest go to‘the To- ; ,
serve. Tin' lowest fwace strength of
the Russian military establishment,
therefore, numbers more than a inillioil
men, with 42,000 otticers. In war time
practically all these young mrn Joi)) . • ,
the colors, swelling the army to the
stupendous figures of 4,500,0t)0 men and
75,000 officers, for whom there are pro
Tided 500,000 hors»«. Men who arc in
a position to guess shrewilly say tlu rv .
nre mor»' than 300,000 Russian soldiers
In Manchuria or near it now. The num
ber that can lx* put In the field there is
r
limited only by the will of the govern
ment livery body's Magazine.
The Moons of Sntnrn.
One of Saturn's moons, called Mi
mas, alxiut half the size of the earth's
satellite, Is so close to the plutP't hulls
circling that it seems to cross the face
of the latter at an astonishing rate of
speed. Of the seven others Titan lias
a diameter of 3.3l)o miles. Inpetus 1,8»»)
miles, ltliea l,2tX) miles, Dione and
Thetys ea< h 500 niiles, while EmvIiidUB
and Hyperion are very little fellows
Several of them In the sky. together
with th»- flaming ring of «tri*- dost
stretched athwart the heavens, must
make a gorgeous spectacle by night on
the Suturtiian sphere.
Cost to Re n tlahman.
A bachelor to be thoroughly In the
swim In New Y'ora must pay out nt
least $500 In club dues yearly. This
expenditure Is like an admission fee
to a country fair, ns it gives only the
privilege of spending real money. Tlig
dues to the I'nlon club lire $75; the
Racquet, $75; the Coaching. $35; Tuxe
do, $100; University, Ipo; Ridlpg, $100;
Country, $75; New York Athletic. $J10;
Fencers. $30; 'New York' Yacht. $2o. J
The Initiation f/'es ruiL..^)etWevi>. 41U0 t
and $500.—Exchange, .
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The famous portrait painter thretar I
down his brushes with n sigh
, ,
"What Is the matter?” asked his
elderly bloaaom of a customer.'
"It’s no use!" he cried. "I can never
reproduce your loveliness.’’—Clpelnmitl
Commercial Tlibune.
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A Fine Voter. V .
Rmltb—Tour wife ha"
votare. .
t Jones- Yes; one of the pest, in tljo
world Qtherwlae It wouljj Lave been
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The Hu mn inn Army.
The Cook Approved.
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