BANDON UKCOKDEH.
THE MODERN NOTE.
I la .Not Sentiment, lint Bravery
Wltk. n Uih tif Humor.
According to the modern notion, a
aian should be something of an artist
In life. He should at least appear to
play his part easily, with dash and
gusto, like the acrobat who performs
each dangerous feat smiling. This is
la panache, the feather in the cap of
courage bravery with humor added.
It Is the spirit in which Lungtungpen
was jaken. in which Cyrano composed
his ballade while he fought a duel, for
Cyrano and Alan Brock, no less than
Mulvaney and Sherlock Holmes, are
very modern heroes.
Stevenson's whole life was one long
devotion to this Ideal. He carried his
ill health and penury bravely and wit
tily into far corners of) the earth
through many ftnuiD' adventures. As
he wrote to William Archer: "The
medicine bottles on my chimney and
the blood on my handkerchief are acci
dents. They do not exist in my pros
lect." The melodramatic gloom of Byron,
the lachrvmose pathos of Dickens and
the shallow seutlmentalitu of Thack
eray touch the source of our tears less
surely than the sheer uuy heart edness
and courage in the face of disease, dif-
ticultv or danger. This is the modern
note. A clever woman told me that
every yotim: man of her acquaintance
when lie reached a certain degree of in
tmacy. quoted these lines of Henley's
Under the bImlconini;s of chnnco
ily head Is bloody, but unbowed.
Claude Bragdon In Header.
THE KANGAROO'S STORY.
Why the Hum Throw Their Voudk
Awny AV'hen Hard PrcnNctl.
"I have heard that men folk In their
blindness deem our does to be lacking
In the proper instincts of maternity be
cause they have found that a doe kan
garoo when hunted will throw away
its offspring to save its own skin by
hastening its speed. This." says Old
Man Jack in the "Autobiography of
an Australian Kangaroo" in Pearson's
Magazine, "is simply scandalous--and
foolish.
"Men people are evidently not aware
that our youngsters use the mother's
pouch almost up to the age of maturity.
Would they have our does attempt to
fly from dogs and men and horses
with youngsters weighing nearly fifty
pounds in their pouches? The thing
would be impossible.
"Among us a mother is taught to toss
her youngsters to a place of safety
when she is hard pressed. If she coult
not throw it to a place far safer In tin
circumstances, than her own pouch she
would turn at bay with it and face any
odds.
"In the case of my mother, when we
were chased, and sure as the hunt be
came dangerous she would pause, draw
me out of her pouch, throw me careful
13' into long scrub on her right, then
turn sharply to her left, pause again
until the hounds had seen her and then
be off like the wind straight awav
from me."
WAYS OF THE MAGPIE.
The Illrd In Snrlnhle. Secretive mid
Foil of MlNohief.
The magpie has the same sort of so
ciability, the same secret iveness. tlu
same thirst for education ot a certain
kind the same inherent and ineradiea
Die love of misanct as has that very
versatile bird the raven. Not that in in
tellect and strength of character she is
in any way equal to the raven. Fun
she has in abundance, but hardly Im
nior. Conscious. humor, that hi-h am
rare gilt ol man which interpenetrates
and color? everything in life. is.
imiiK. possessed m germ ny the raven
and the raven alone. You see it in his
eye. in the pose of his head, in lib
walk, in every movement of his body
'1 he eye of the magpie is. like the wit
of Dickens, always on the move, nerv
ous, excitable, glittering, scintillating.
The eye of the raven is like the humor
of Goldsmith. It has a faraway look
it dreams, it tnuiKs, "it bodes ami it
oooes, 11 an out smiles, i lie magpie
will pick up many words, or even sen
tences, and the old- superstition that
she will only talk or talk well if her
tongue Is slit with a thin and sharp
silver sixpence died a natural death
about the time that the coins of the
realm had to be "milled" and so were
rendered unsuitable for so stupidly
cruel an operation. -R. Bosworth .Smith
in Nineteenth Century.
Scrvniitx In tJerniiiii y.
It is ditlleult in Germany for a pro
fessional rogue to enter a family as a
domestic servant. There every servant
has a character book, in which the mis
tress must enter the dates of the com
ing and leaving of the servant, with
uer character while In service. This
the girl is obliged to take to the near
est police Htation ami have it dated
with the ollicial stamp, thus preventing
the manufacture of bogus recommen
dations. What She Meant.
"Didn't I hear your wife refer to you
ns the human mince pie?" said the euri
wis person.
"Yes," answered Mr. Sirius Barker.
"Is that a compliment"
"Not exactly. She means that I never
agree with anybody." Washington
Star.
An Usnnl.
"When I looked at this picture last
Week I failed to observe those goats
down In the corner."
"Probably they butted In since then."
Kansas City Journal.
The Time to Think.
Clara-I suppose I ought to stop and
think before I accept him.
Maud-Oh. no. You'll have plenty of
time to do that afterward. Detroit
Free Press.
(ulte Pure.
Housekeeper - You claim to seil pure
milk.
, Milkman (absentmindedly) Yes'm,
absolutely. All the water we use is 01
tered and germ proof.
-When a man tells you that all wom
en are delusions and snares, it's dough
nuts to fudge he has be :n suared by a
delusion. Cooking Club.
POLLY LARK1N
r
Well, Mine. Adelina Patti has been
here ami taken her flight again, like
wise about forty thousand big Ameri
can dollars. The pleasure of hearing
this queen of song came higli, hut it
was worth every cent to those who
were fort mute enough to hear her, ami
they would cheerfully pay it again for
the privilege of listening to her. If
she did not come up to the expectations
of Mime of her critics it looks to Polly
as if it was because these selfsame crit
ics desire to make themselves as stand
ing alone in their critics' row and that
they have agreed before hand toddler
with their brother critics in regard to
drama, opera, etc. Fortunately such
criticisms have little weight with an in
telligent and cultured people who can
judge for themselves. That she is the
Queen of Sting no one can dispute. The
mellow notes of her charming voice
will dwell with the vast audience that
listened intently as he soared into the
realms of melodv ami then burst into
thunders of applause as she finished
and bowed her acknowledgment of the
evident appreciation. Those who heard
her years ago state that her voice has
not lost anything in richness and tone
in spite of the threescore years and one
to her credit. She has gone, and un
doubtedly this is her last appearance in
San Francisco, but the memory and
the echo will linger until death rings
down the curtain or old age plays
havoc with tickle mind ami memory.
Hundreds of people who found it hn
jHtssible to attend either concert, the
most desirable seats, being beyond their
means, crowded liefore the theater hop
ing to catch a glimpse of Pattiasshe
entered the opera-house, or better still,
hoping that a fragment of sting from
her wonderful voice would lloat out to
them. Who knows but what it did.
If they could not be present at the feast
they were willing to accept the crumbs.
Patiently thev waited until the concert
was over and the crowds of people,
radiantly happy and tilled with enthu
siasm, came iHUinng from the opera
doors. Jewels were Hashing ami leau-
t if u 11 y dressed women were in evidence,
but they cause 1 not a passing glance.
I'liey wanted a sight of Patti, and when
he had taken her departure for her
private car, Craig-y-nos, they were
rcadv to retire but not liefoiv.
Father time has I teen wondrous kind
to Mine. Patti, for in spite of her ac
knowledged 01 year, she does not look
much over 40 years. Her face is won
derfully smooth ami velvety, and she
Mates that she uses no cosmetics or
face creams of any description and
claims that she is younger than her
husband, Baron Cederstroin, who,, to
J.ill!vu Vial. n? Uffl1. U-- i-wftks-oMnm
as Ix'ing a noble Swedish gentleman
and the very soul of honor, ami evi
dently thev area devoted couple.
Patti ay that the secret of her never
having any wrinkles is that she never
worrie-, and that is a 1 letter recipe for
keeping the face smooth, velvety and
youthful looking than all the costly
cosmetics, lotions ami creams of the
beauty doctors. She never reads un
plea.aut things, never reads the pa
pers, and if critics say things that are
not very nice to hear, she simply passes
them by. Life is ttni short to liMeii tti
unplea.-aiit things.
"But," says a friend, commenting
tin tiiealMive, "Patti is famous and she
can all'ord to ignore public opinion and
let it go in tine ear and out the other.
She is the nightingale, and while she
is trilling and soaring in the realms tif
.-ung, what does she care for critics.
They are nothing more or less, particu
larly if thev are unfavorable to her,
than a Mock tif crows quarreling and
chattering among themselves. Not so
with us. rnkind criticism hurts, un
kind words leave the wound after the
thorn is removed that in itself causes
worry ami creates the troubled mind
that mirrors itself in wrinkles and
frownson our face. Why should Patti
worry? She is the most favored tif
mortals, tone lias tiie whole music
loving world paying homage tti her,
and with that little musical Mute in
her throat she has earned a snug for
tune. She never in her life has known
what it was to worry :is to whether the
money would le forthcoming to pay
the next mouth's rent, or where the
new school iKHiks were coming from,
how ami where she was tti get the
wherewithal to pay the doctor's bill.
.ItM think, tine night's salary that she
receives would put us tin .Easy street.
She is the peerless songster and stands
alone on the pedestal of fame with an
adoring ami admiring . throng at her
feet and a fortune at her command. Jf
he worried or complained she would
rove herself ungrateful for this great
gift that has been bestowed ujMin her.
I wonder if Patti would not worry if
.-he -aw her adorable Baron Ceder-
roin going languidly tti work every
morning with a hollow cough racking
lis thin body and the hectic Mush
reeping up into his pale cheeks. 2so
ilace tti rtt until the silent city tif the
lead claims its victim, no money to
give him change tif scene and a warmer
limate that would mean life ami
icalth, for there are the wee folks to
think about who he knows will soon lie
eft without a protector ami provider.
smile, Polly; tti be sure it is a grim
smile and not rippling over with mirth
iml light-hcartedness, when I hear a
lerson who has never a care in the
world and money at their command
say 'don't worry.' Why should they
worry? However, it is the grimmest
kind of sarcasm tti hurl at tine who
has everything tti worry alMiut in the
way of sickness and poverty. Talk is
cheep, Polly, but experience is what
tells, and if it be so bitter and so hard
to bear that it leaves its tell-tale marks
on the face, then it is the uukindest
cut of all for the rich and care-free per
son to say to them, 'don't worry,' and
the admonition carries as much weight
with it as a feather soaring through
the air."
The lady quoted aliove has had a
stormy pathway through life from her
girlhood, or, I should say, her child
hood up, ftir she was left with the re
sponsihilites of a household and the
care of several little brothers ami sis
ters when she was but a mere child
herself, ami her life has been a series
tif tips and downs. "She was born un
der an unlucky star," says the astrol
oger, ami she llrmly believes it. She
does not look for any change that will
iK'ttor her condition on this earth, and
no one can convince her that there is a
ray tif light ahead.
On the other hand I know tif a charm
ing little lady who has been through a
sea of disapiKiintments, and death has
knocked at her door again and again.
She 1ms risen from poverty's ranks by
her own cllbrts and is now living in
comfortable circumstances, but still
continues tti wield the brush ami cray
ons that have given her comforts that
were denied her for so many years of
her life. Some times she would break
down and then all the pent-up feelings
that she had been bravely striving to
hide would lie revealed. All these
heartaches which she so bravely kept
tti herself told on her lovely face and
brought anxiety, worry ami care lines.
Recently I met her and saw such a
change in her and she was so bright
and cheerful that I commented on the
improvement. "1 have just waked up'
tti the fact, Polly, that it does not pay
to worry ami fret -line's life away. I
have buried the past and am deter
mined never to resurrect it. I am liv
ing for to-day, not for yesterday or
tomorrow, and 1 am getting all I can
out of the present. Another thing, I
will not listen to a sat! siory and have
not time to read tif distressing accidents
that I cannot help by knowing any
thing alMiut them ami they only serve
tti make me wretched. 1 have been
living long enough in the shadow.
From henceforth now and forever I
shall live in the sunshine, and it is the
bright, cheerful companions 1 shall
seek and turn a deaf ear tti sat hi ess ami
all tales tif wte. It is the keynote to
happiiiessoii this earth I am thoroughly
convinced, and I only wish 1 had waked
up tti the fact long ago, for not only
myself but others would have been the
lietter for it.
Jf-
A Unique 1vp
The KickajKHi Indiajf f Oklahoni:
hvo jiJrout six miles e:ist of Shawnee
-They are trying tti go tti Mexico tti join
that part tif the trilc which Med there
during the War tif the Rebellion. The
Kit kaptMis are ruled by a woman chief.
1 Ier name is Wapahoko. She is -10 years
old. The title was inherited. Wapa
hoko is already in Mexico, and her ad
vice tti the tribesmen tti follow her has
been accepted by all except twelve, who
are Mill tin the Oklahoma reservation
1 hese Indians have a very peculiar
marriage custom. They simply selec
their wives, ami if the selection is mu
tual they reside together as man ami
wife and nothingis said. There are no
scandals among these people. Hu?
bands and wives are true to each other,
and the quiet understanding is consid
ered its sacred as our marriage vows
There are few acts that can be termed
criminal among this small band of In
dians. M tinier is seldom heard of, and
death is the penalty for the crime,
Kobliory from each other is unknown,
All their possessions could be piled to
gether in the street and no one of them
would think of taking the property
Their religion is the same jus Columbus
found among the Indians when he first
landed in America. Thev believe that
there are two spirits the great good
spirit, and the bad spirit. The religious
worship is carried tin every dav. Jt
consistsof dances and singingand beat
ing of tom-toms. They are very deli
cate regarding their belief, and seldom
take a stranger into their confidence.
A New Element, Victorium.
An account tif his discovery, tif the
ew element, which he calls victorium,
has recently been given jby Sir Will
iam Crookcs, F. R, S., to the Royal
Society. It bus a pale-brown color and
dissolves easily in acids. Its oxide is
less basic than that tif yttrium, but
more so than the greater part of the
earths of the terbium group. The
chemical properties of victorium diM'er
in many respects from those tif yttrium
but, generally speaking, it may lie said
to occupy an intermediate position lie-
tween this element and terbium.
Thoughtful Before Death.
Mrs. Angeline Harrington, agetl 93
years, committed suicide by taking
poison at her home in Uhepachet, R. I
In making her plans for death she
thoughtfully ordered a. large amount of
goods from a grocery store, saying that
she wished a plentiful supply tif food
for those who would attend her funeral.
In the Dakota Presbytery, composed
entirely of Indians, there are twenty
seven churches and 14o8 communi
cants, ministered tti by fifteen Indian
preachers.
From 1897 to JIK)2, inclusive, the total
excess tif exports amounts to the almost
ineoniprehensiblesum of 3,1 111,000,000,
an average of some $250,000,000 a year.
In Sweden a milk Hour is made from
the skimmed milk and Muds ready
market.
AUTING WITHOUT ORDERS.
General (irunt'N Tribute to Cencrii
Hhcrldan'n Judgment.
Senator Hoar in his "Reminiscences"
says that at a dinner where General
Grant and other distinguished men
were present Commodore Alden re
marked that there was nothing he dis
liked more than a subordinate who al
ways obeyed orders. "What Is that
you are saying, commodore?" said Pres
ident Grant across the table. The com
modore repeated what he had said.
"There is a good deal of truth In what
you say." said General Grant "One of
the virtues of General Sheridan was
that he knew when to act without or
tiers. Just before the surrender of Lee.
General Sheridan captured some dis
patches, from which he learned that
Lee had onlered his supplies to a cer
tain place. I was on the other side of
the river, where he could get no com
munication from me until the next
morning. General Sheridan pushed on
at once without orders, got to the place
tlfteen minutes before the enemy and
captured the supplies. After the sur
render was concluded the first thing
General Lee asked me for was rations
for hs men. . I issued to them the same
provisions which Sheridan had cap
tured. Now, if Sheridan, as most men
would have done, had waited for orders
from me Lee would have got off." Sen
ator Hoar adds this comment: "I lis
tened with wonder at the generous
modesty which, before that brilliant
company, could remove one of the
brightest laurels from his brow and
place It on the brow of Sheridan."
SCHOOLBOY BLUNDERS.
AmuMliifr MlMtnkcn In Examlnntlon
Ia pern by Hrltlnh I'upll.
The following list of amusing mis
takes made by British schoolboys in
their examination papers Is compiled
by the University Correspondent:
Iron Is grown In large quantities for
manufacturing purposes in S. France.
The sun never sets on British posses
sions because the sun sets in the west,
and our colonics are In the north, south
and east.
The diminutive of man Is mankind.
Question: Define the first person.
Answer: Adam.
Blood consists of two sorts of cork
screws retl corkscrews and white cork
screws. Asketl to explain what a buttress Is,
one boy replied. "A woman who makes
butter," and another, "A female butch
er." Teacher's dictation: His choler rose
to such a height that passion well nigh
choked him. Pupil's reproduction: His
collar rose to such a height that fash
ion well nigh choked him."
A Job's comforter is n thing you give
babies to soothe them.
A skyscraper Is anfovertrimmed hat.
Political economy Is the science which
teaches us to get the greatest benefit
with the least possible amount of hon
est labor.
Au einolunienl. Jsa soonungjiit'dL
cine.
In the United States people are put
to death by elocution.
Gravity was discovered by Izaak
Walton. It is chietly noticeable In the.
autumn, when the apples are falling
from the trees.
SHELLFISH LANGUAGE.
Curlou (HckltiK Soiindn Ilenrd on
the Water at MKht.
Most seamen will tell of curious click
ing sounds heard on calm nights at sea,
and the origin of the noise seems so al
together unaccountable that It has of
ten createtl some alarm among super
stitious fishermen. !
A distinguished naturalist made a
careful study of the sounds on many
occasions and found that it was not ti.
sustained note, but made up of a multi
tude of tiny ones, each clear and dis
tinct in Itself and ranging from a high
treble down to a bass. When the ear
was applied to the gunwale of the boat
the sound grew more Intense, and in
some places as the boat moved on It
could not bo heard at all.
On other occasions the Sounds resem
bled the tolling of bells, the boonMng'of
guns and the notes of an nWIan harp.
For a long time he was unable to
trace the cause, but at length discov
ered that the sounds were made by
shellfish, hundreds of them opening
their shells and closing them with
sharp snaps. The noise, partly mufilod
by the water, sounded indescribably
weird. He was finally led to the con
clusion that as the shellfish made the
sounds the.v probably had some mean
ing and that the clicks might possibly
be a warning of danger when the shal
low water was disturbed by the boat.
He Liked Vouiik People.
In his last work, "Facts and Com
ments," Herbert Spencer gives a cu
rious bit of self revelation. lie con
fesses that, though he particularly liked
the society of young people. It bored
him to an unendurable extent if they
worried him with unintelligent chatter,
and that to avoid this it was his cus
tom to ask them some question which
could not be answered without a good
deal of thought. He was accustomed
to base his judgment of their Intellects
upon the answers returned, and we can
well imagine that those who were sud
denly confronted with some such prob
lem as "Why Is the sea salt?" must
have regarded a drive with the great
philosopher as something of an ordca..
London Globe.
The .llodeMtjr of Ilruhma.
At an interesting dinner party given
by Joachim, at which were present also
his friends, Professor Horn of Naples
and Von Herzogcnberg, the composer,
an amusingly characteristic scene oc
curred. Joachim In a few well chosen
words was asking us not to lose the
opportunity of drinking the health of
the greatest composer, when before he
could say the name Brahms hounded
to his feet, glass In hand, and called
out: "Quite right! Here's Mozart's
health!" and walked round, clinking
glasses with us all. Ills old hatred of
personal eulogy was never more pret
tily expressed. Leisure Hour.
Information at Hand.
The Rev. Dr. Fourthly I confess that
this particular passage In the book of
Revelation lias always been somewhat
obscure to me.
The Rev. K. Mowatt Lftlghlly-Why,
I cleared that all up In the first sermon
I ever wrote. I shall be glad to let you
read It some day. Chicago Tribune.
NEW SHORT STORIES
A Quarter on Account.
Judge BIley, formerly of Virginia, but
now of Washington, met a friend on
the street the other day and said dra
matically: "Bill. I will allow you to loan me a
quarter of a dollar."
"Not me," said Bill. "I have been
Making you for years, and I am going
lo quit."
"Very well," responded Uiley. "If
you put It on those grounds, I have
nothing further in common with you."
Bill walked on up the street, and as
he did his conscience smote him. He
thought that perhaps the judge might
need the money, and he went into the
Biggs House, put a quarter In an en
velope and told the clerk to hand it to
Riley when he cajne In to ask for his
mall. While he was standing there
Riley came In.
"Any mail for me, Mr. Clerk?" be
asked. The clerk handed Riley the en
velope with the quarter In It. Riley
took It suspiciously. lie had not re
ceived a letter In five years, although
he asks for his mall every day. He
opened the envelope, found the quarter
and then began to laugh, while the
man who put the quarter In the envel
ope stood by watching.
"What Is it, judge?" asked the clerk.
"Why," Riley replied, "here's a
scoundrel who has owed me $0 for sev
en years, and now he pays me a quar
ter on account." New York World.
Scluvnb and the Hammer.
When Charles M. Schwab was man
ager of the Carnegie Steel works he
was one day showing a party of emi
nent foreigners through the mills and
furnaces. A German nobloman of
great wealth displayed unusual Inter
est In the 12o ton steam hammer. He
had never seen anything larger than
the eighty ton one at Krupp's works
In Essen. Schwab spoke In high praise
of the workman who operated the mon
ster, and the usual invitation was ex
tended, "Place your hand on the an
vil, and Greene will stop the hammer
"NOW YOU CAN TAKK TIIE COUNT'S PKES
EST 1'llOM MY OWN HAND.
within a hair's breadth q It" "Not
my hand, but, with pleasure, my
watch," said the German, placing
splendid jeweled timepiece on the an
vll. Down came the immense mass of
steel, and Greene, his hand on the
lever, stopped It a hundredth part of an
inch from the crystal.
When he went to hand the watch
back the nobleman said, "No, Mr.
Greene, I want you to keep It as ;
memorial of an Interesting occasion.'
, Greene was too much embarrassed to
say a word, but stood there with his
hand outstretched till Schwab stepped
forward and took the watch, saj'lng,
("Never mind, Greene; I'll keep It for
you if you're afraid to take It from
tins count." A few minutes later the
party again passed the spot, am
Schwab, summoning Greene, said,
"Now you can take the count's present
from my own hand," and presented to
the mechanic the watch wrapped in a
$100 note.
One on the Illshop.
This is the story a Kansas City trav
eling man brought with him from
Omaha. It is "on" Bishop Millspaugh
of the Episcopal diocese of Kansas,
who lives In Topeka.
It seems that the good bishop was re
cently fishing, and he caught a whop
per. At a cafe In Omaha last week he
was describing this fish when a strati
ger Joined the party, and the man who
had first heard the fish tale said to the
bishop:
"Now tell that story again."
The bishop, his identity unknown to
the late arrival, did so, describing mi
nutely the fish's dimensions, weight
und the like. When he had done, the
man who had asked him turned to the
late arrival and said:
"What do you think of that?"
"Well, had you told that yarn I'd
have said It was a monumental lie. but
I don't know your friend here. Intro
duce h'iii. will you?"
"I would like to present you to Bish
op Millspaugh of Topekj;," said the
first man.
Tableau. Kansas City Journal.
The Dining: Itoom Wan IJettcr.
There Is a remarkably small church
In Langdale. England, and a story, is
told that when Sir George Rose was
dining on one occasion with the late
Lord Langdale, patron of the living,
mention was made tif the building. "It
Is not bigger," said Lord Langdale.
"than this dining room. "No." return
ed Sir George, "and the living Is not
half so good."
Insrrotvn Appreciation.
Wealthy Patron This portrait doesn't
resemble my wife a particle- not a par
ticle. Artist No; it doesn't look much like
Iter, but, oh. dear sir, the technique, the
technique!
A Critical Summitry.
"What do you think of that writer's
n-ork?"
"Oh," answered Miss Cayenne, "he
has said two or three clever things and
'several thousand others." Washington
Star. I
YOUR DAILY MEALS.
i Little Sermon on What to Eat and
When to Eat It.
If you cat a hearty dinner at the close
3f each day's work, a dinner made up
f food elements which have a chance
to build up the body during the night's
rest, then you should eat a light break
fast, so that your new energy may go
into your morning's work Instead of
being all used up in digesting your
morning meal.
' But If you have not eaten the proper
quantity and kind of food for dinner
you must eat a hearty breakfast, or
else feel faint from undernourishment
You should not eat meat for break
fast, for meat should only be eaten at
a time when complete rest can be
taken. If you feel the need of meat
eat eggs Instead or nuts.
You should cat a well cooked cereal,
but know this: The cereals which can
be cooked in three minutes are hardly
worth the eating, because they have so
little nourishment In them. Oatmeal
that has beeu cooked several hours Is
very good. Half cooked oatmeal Is so
poor a tood that It Is almost a poison.
Cornmeal must also he well cooked, too,
if It Is to do Its best work for the hu
man body and soul.
And if you will eat bread for break
fast eat the German zwieback, crisp
rolls or brown toast Hot bread and
cakes clog your system and will make
you cross and uncomfortable before
noon.
Coffee could be a healthful drink if It
were properly made and not boiled un
til It Is bitter wlh tannin. Clear cof
fee, one cup of ft, may have no 111 ef
fects on your nerves. Coffee, with
cream, one cup or two cups, will make
you bilious.
But, whatever else you eat or drink,
eat fruit and a great deal of fruit, for
breakfast. If you want a fruit tonic
drink the Juice of an orange and half
a lemon. If you want fruit for a food
oat apples or bananas. Or If these do
not agree with you eat apple sauce,
cooked prunes, cooked canned fruit.
WHY HE DID NOT GET ON.
He had low Ideals.
He did not dare to take chances.
He had too many Irons in the fire.
He was never a whole man at any
thing. He thought a good business should
run Itself.
He did not appreciate the value of
appearances.
He did not know how to duplicate
himself In others.
He let gruff. Indifferent clerks drive
away ins business.
He trusted Incompetent friends with
responsible iiosltlons.
He would not change fairly good
methods for better ones.
He did things over and over again
because he lacked system.
He thought he knew all there was to
know about his business.
He tried--to. economize by cutting
down his advertising appropriation.
He was a good, honest man. but he
did not do business In a business way.
Success.
A Home Which Thought.
Instances of great Intelligence In
horses are almost as numerous as the
horses themselves, but there are few
which make prettier stories than this.
related in La Nature by a Parisian.
At Vincennes, In my childhood, he
writes, my father had two spirited
horses of fine blood. One day while one
of them. Brunelle, was passing be
tween two walls with my little sister
on her back the child slipped and roll
ed between the horse's feet.
Trundle stopped Instantly and held
one hind foot In air. She seemed to
fear to lower that foot lest she should
step on the child. There was uo room
for the horse to turn nor for a man to
pass In.
In that uncomfortable position, with
lifted foot, however, the horse stood
patiently while an attendant crawled
between her forefeet and rescued the
child.
Fleld'n Flnlnhlns: Toneh.
Eugene Field was once visiting the
house of Richard Henry Stoddard in
New York. During the evening a cer
tain well known physician dropjied in
He was a serious man and a bit pomp
ous. The talk turned on diet. "Doctor,
said Stoddard. "I've heard that you
eat two eggs at breakfast every morn
inir the year round." "No." said the
doctor emphatically. "No. On the con
trary." "On the contrary!" cried Stod
dard. "What's the contrary of eating
two ercs?" "Laying two eggs." came
In deep, solemn tones from I'ield.
A L'nlqne Monument.
It Is hot often that a monument Is
erected In honor of the tactfulness of a
hostess In a trying situation. One of
the few such. If not the only one. is a
bowlder from the battlefield of Harlem
heights, removed to Bark avenue In
New York, to mark the site of the
home of Mrs. Robert Murray, who en
tertained and so detained the British
otllcers under General Howe while the
American troops under General Put
nam were escaping from the city. The
monument bears an Inscription on
brass setting forth Mrs. Murray's
achievement. What a difference there
might have been in American history
had Mrs. Murray been a less capable
hostess!
A Cnrlonltj-.
"The man I am looking for." said the
mature looking spinster sentimentally,
"must be utterly unselfish, brave as a
lion, tender, truthful as the day. Indus
trious, Intelligent, thoughtful, of dis
tinguished presence and one who never
drinks, smokes, gambles or uses pro
fane language. I shall not mind if lie
Is poor-that will not matter."
"Not a bit." remarked the damsel's
cynical old father grimly. "He'd have
a fine chance of making money, my
dear."
"How so, papa?"
"Why, they'd give a fortune for a
man like that In a show."
Cantlon.
"Do you mean to say you didn't give
that horse thlof a trial by Jury?"
'We didn't dare," answered Broncho
Bob. "If anything as unusual as a
trial took place the whole town 'ud
urn out to see it, and some one would
be sure to sneak in ami steal some more
lorses." Exchauce.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Price of a Family Skeleton.
Ancestral graves prove one of the
Most serious obstacles to railway mak
ing In China, and wherever possible the
engineers have avoided them. Some
times exorbitant prices are demanded
for the removal of an ancestor's re
mains, but through the Influence of
Chinese Interested In the railway some
thing like uniformity has been arrived
at, and the average price now paid- for
a grave is 4 taels (about 10 shillings).
"Feng shul"v presents another obstacle.
The literal translation of the term Is
"wind, water," but It Is best explained
as a system of geomancy which rules
tho dally action of the Chinese as a
race, from the setting of a date for a
marriage or a funeral to the location of
a city. The site of every city, town or
village has been fixed by geomancers
after consulting the oracles. Each com
munity has Its guardian dragon or some
such hypothetical monster, and woe
betide the Individual who proposes to
cut it In two with tunnel or railway
track! Engineering Magazine.
The "Promoter" In Entcland.
They have In London an "Inspector
general in companies liquidation."
whose report on stock company Insol
vency for 1902, Just Issued, Is not with
out Interest on this side of the Atlantic.
The total number of cases In which
winding up proceedings were com
menced during the year was 1,02;), of
which 1.G01 were voluntary liquida
tions, 10 voluntary liquidations subject
to supervision of the court and 112 com
pulsory liquidations by order of the
court. The total number of new com
panies registered In England and Wales
was U.niW. The total number of liqui
dating companies during the year was
In proportion to the new companies reg
istered 95 per cent as against SO per
cent during the previous ycrtr. In ten
years the amount Involved in liquida
tions was about, ?2.S00,000,CM)0, of which
the total loss to the Investors wuh ap
proximately $1,000,000,000, a total re
spectable by comparison with Ameri
can figures.
The Sham Brier Pipe.
The other day It was reported from
Prussia, says the Westminster Gazette,
that, though the amber Industry had
been dull of late, the trade In IniitJu
amber had been highly satisfactory.
It now seems, smokers will be Interest
ed to know, that even the brier root
pipe Is not what It Is supposed to be.
The brier root of commerce Is the root
of the large growing heath (Erica ar
borea). Brier In this connection is said
to be a corruption of "bruyere" (heath).
The brier root Industry has had a
somewhat curious history. First begun
In the Pyrenees some fifty years ago, it
traveled along the French Riviera and
the LIgurian coast, taking Corsica by
the way, to the Tuscan Maremma and
reached Calabria in the south. By the
very nature of the business, when a
ct rtaln district has been exhausted of
all its roots the industry must come to
an end there. The Italian branch Is not
expected to survive more than ten
years.
The Uesrlnnlnff ot Cotton Thread.
Ex-Provost Clark of Paisley, Eng
land, has been relating the origin of
cotton sewing thread, which was 0T
used In that town in the weaving of
"heddles" as a substitute for silk,
which was stopped by Napoleon In
1S03, when he seized Hamburg. Mr.
Clark's grandfather and his brother
then bethought them of cotton, which
worked so smoothly that Mr. Clark's
father, then a youth, took to recom
mending It to women Instead of linen,
then mostly used. Originally it was
sold In hanks or skeins. These the wo
men had to wind Into little balls, as
they do a cut of wool at the present
day. Wishing to convenience them,
young Clark on selling a skein of
thread would sit down at a pirn wheel
anil wind the thread on n bobbin, for
which he charged a halfpenny. This
halfpenny was refunded when the emp
ty bobbin was returned. Such was the
beginning of cotton thread.
American Fnnilllex.
According to the statistical atlas of
the United States newly issued by the
census otllce, the average number of
persons to a family has declined from
5.G In 1S50 to 4.7 In 1000. In 1ST0 the,
average was a tritle above 5.
In 1900 the average ranged from
more than r in Texas, North Carolina,
West Virginia and Virginia down
through 4U In Iowa and Illinois to 3.0
in Nevada. Nearly all the southern
states lead in the size of families, while
the six New England states, with New
York, California and Washington,
bring up the rear. New York's average
is about 4.3.
Larjse Mileage.
Distance lends enchantment to serv
ice in congress. The delegate from Ha
waii will receive nearly $l."i.0UO during
his term of two years in addition to his
salary of $10,000. besides drawing an
allowance for clerk hire and stationery.
The $l."i.000 is the bonus, or rather the
mileage, which he receives because he
lives In the Sandwich Islands. A dele
gate to congress from the Philippines
would be able to collect about $3o
mileage if there should happen to be an
extra session during his term. Other
wise he would get about $2-l.(XX.
Sad Sow For Gnm Chewer.
The saddest news that ha -ome out
of Maine In a long time Is that the
spruce gum crop Is short. This means
that chewing gum will cost mora ibis
year or gum chewers will get less for
their money. Most of the gum put up
by the great chewing gum concerns
comes from the spruce trees of Maine,
and the shortness of the crop, therefore,
is of direct Interest to every messenger
boy, typewriting girl, saleswoman and
cash girl who has the gum chewia
habit
One Sweetlr Pleasant Thought.
Georglana We are not old.
Juliana Oh, yes. we are, my dear.
Georglana Well, we are Just aa
young as any girls of our age in town.
Indianapolis Journal.
Perverse.
He Won't you let me civo von int
one kiss befere I co?
She Will Just one satisfy you?
Her-Yea, darling.
She Then I won't give It to you.
Standard.