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BANIHIN REt ORDER. POLL! UflKIN “AS BOLD AS A LION.’* Ritk.r Bur Bota aa a Partrldar If kata Would Hr Eaaat. The only explanation of the adage. "Aa bdld as a lion," la that the Rod's magnificent, muscular body, his noble bead, great mane, the fact that he la a wild beast and still more probably— bls deep throated roar that sounds so extraordinarily bold have made him feared for generations. But fhe Hon belongs to the family of cats and is Dot bold. To those who know best he Is not brave even In the hour of dan ger. The lioness, who Is smaller, less terrible to look upon and Is without a mane, is brave in defense of her young, but she. too, Is not bold. She Is merely bolder than the Hon. In comparison with any animal that can face danger and tight "fair" the Hon Is a coward. To prove it let us see for a moment how It is that the lion chooses to bum. his prey. The lion does not bunt. In the reeqs and grasses near some pool In the Jua gle he Iles hidden where he knows that other animals will go to drink. Cat like, he leaps upon his victim, striking It with his powerful paws. Then Bis greut Jaws break the neck of the un fortunate creature he bus taken by sur prise, anil the Hon boldly carries off the carcass to devour It where be will. The folk who live on the outskirts of Jungles in the lion’s country sometimes lose their sheep and goats when a hun gry lion can muster courage to go ueur a human habitation In bl^Dcarch for food. He goes at night and stealthily. Who knows but that bis heart goes pit a-pat and his big limbs tremble at every sudden noise? The natives of India and of Africa know, however, that they can frighten away f thieving Hon by tire and torches. If cornered and forced to tight be will do battle savagely, but he doesn't seek an open fight, and any traveler wUl tell you that as a rule the "king of beasts” bolts on sighting a mun. To be as bold as a partridge as brave, unselfish, daring, heroic, as a partridge la something one might be proud to boast. No lion defends Its young with the couruge of a partridge. The lioness at buy will turn in defense of her cube, wUl tight the enemy, will spring at him furiously; the partridge will leave its little ones quite unpro tected In the nest, or wherever they may be In biding, and will offer lierself to spare them. It Is not the unthink ing heroism of excitement. The bird knows what she Is doing and the dan ger. She schemes to attract attention to herself, but she manages to lead the dogs on. and she escapes. We at least have never heard anything In the life history of the partridge so sad as that the mother bird has been taken at that supreme moment Under the very nose of the dogs she will flutter and limp, with drooping wing, to deceive them Into the belief that she Is lamed and cannot fly.—New York Mall. The Kiner and the Preacher. Dr. South on one occasion after preaching before Charles II., who, by the way, did not care any more than the humblest dissenter to listen to a read sermon, was twitted by the king of having read from a manuscript. "How Is It, Dr. South," said his majes ty, "that you, who are so famous for preaching without book, should read your sermon when you preach before me?" “May I answer your majesty with another question?" replied the witty doctor. "How la It thst your majesty always reuds your speeches to your faithful commons?" "Odsfieli, doctor,” said.Charles, "because I have naked them for money so often that bv this time lam ashamed to look them In the face.” Dr. South, It must be admitted, had fairly laid himself open to the retort. lie Kept nls Seat. The nearsighted man. comfortably ensconced In the corner of the car. looked up at the woman who wus hold Ing a large bundle In one hand while she clung to the strap with the other. "Madam," said he, a wave of sudden generosity sweeping over him, “I make It a rule never to give my seat up to auy woman, but I will tie glnd to help you. I.et me hold your bundle for you." "Oh, thank you, sir." replied the fair passenger; "I hope you know how." Whereupon she deposited a gurgling six month-old Infant tn his lap. to the undisguised Joy of the rest of the strap holders. Cincinnati Times-Star. I Q TJ*e fa.-'hion notes in one of our find ing |»a|M*rs said, the other day, that h<x>|> skirts and billows and billows of crinoline were to I m * uxtsi until the fuir sex, if they were at all iqeto-itaU* ilf their idea» of dressing, would resemble u “fuil-fl<xigtxi” balloon. The edict uhiKist caused a |uinie among the la dies as they thought of the narrow street cars they must enter every time they want«sl to go dowu town. Even now the conductors and other |>a.-»en- gers w Im are not compelled by custom to wear skirts, <a-casioiiaily. mumble under their breath something about trains, ami the remarks have nothing to do with railroad trains. However, if they were taken to t;«k for their dis courteous remarks they might truth fully say, “1 am merely referring to ‘train’ accidents, madam.” These trains, pretty and graceful in the house hold or at receptions or fetes, are abom inable on tlie street. It is almost an ini|MMstiil>ility to hold them up con stantly. Tile wearer is «•<> iii | m *I)« m 1 to drop them occasionally to ease her cram|Mxl hand, and meanwhile they are sweeping the streets and gathering germs of disease enough to till a hospi tal with victims. Women should rise in their might and frown upon Dame Fashion's edict forstreet costumes with trains until she would not dare send out a model of that description. An en tirely new set of patterns would la* sent abroad and they would I m * adopted all over the land. Not only comfort, but health, demands this change in street costumes. However, Polly has not the least idea this plan will ever I m * adopted. There is a reason, too, that has to la- taken into consideration. Many )a*r- soiis have not the wherew ithal to pur chase two costumes, and the siiort st reel costume is not appropriate for any thing but street wear, hence the dress with tile trailing skirts, made of gtxMl material, can be lightened up with a little lace ami dainty bright ribbons ami change the whole appearance into a fetching little costume for evening wear. All of these tilings must la* thought of by those who are idessisl only with a misiest little income ami whose every dollar must I m * made the most of. The woman wearing a jaunty little street costume with no trains to bother her shows the comfort, freedom and enjoyment in her face as she trips along free from the encumbrance of an abominable style. But I have strayed from the subject of crinolines and lnsipskirts, which, as I said before, a writer in one of our leading daily San Francisco papers stated a few days since would hold full sway in fashion’s realm. Now comes a later report from another modiste who has just returned from a visit to gay “Paree,” the hub of the wheel of fash ion. She says positively there will I m ho hoop skirts and very little or none of the crinoline worn this year. So the fair sex can rest easy on that particular ami very objectionable fail. This same modiste states that the style of the sleeves has changed from tlie dr»M»|i or pouch effect at the waist to what is known as the old ‘‘mutton leg” sleeves. This will give the wearer an oppor tunity to fashion the pretty dainty lace effects of the undersleeves that fall with a pretty frill of lace over the hands and which is always dressy and becom ing. This same dressmaker states that there will be plenty of fullness in the new gowns, yet there will not lie the slightest suggestion of crinoline, for they will be weighed so that they will cling closely to the figure. Fine cotton and woolen novelties which were so much in favor last year for Faster cos tumes will still I m * worn, ami the show windows in the big San Francisco dry gissls liouses prove this assertion, for they are showing beautiful costumes in all of the new colors and designs, many of them with a silky sheen and luster that only carries out the general im pression that this is to lie a silk season. Silks in all of the different weavesand designs are shown, and they range from the narrow stri|x-<i and tiny checked summer silks worn last season to the new flecked and other novelties. They are very pretty and will make stylish little costumes. 'and played lUunf a prank uu Hi«ir fel- lo«stu<i<4lls, but tiler« Were no shirk ers in that lojsy crowd of univer-fty la*.eu. ami 1* now mid util they made the welkin riuaaith their college yells, et(p, it .ally served to renew their eli- thitBiasm and Uiey worked with even greater zeal. Meisnwhile they0ware surrounded by the girl students and their lady friends who w atchixi tlieig in their manly toil with the road imple ments. ‘‘Knights of the road," one young lady termed them. The boys knew, however, they jvere under the tire of a whole Isittery of blue, gray, black and brown eyes, and not only that, lull tin* young ladies carried scores of cameras mid were taking pictures galore. Home one remurked that they did not dare shirk for fear one of the innix-ent looking little snapshots would register it and it would I m * held up against them. At any rate it was a day long to I m * remembered and they have left tin* improvements in the cam pus to ]x*r|M*tuate their work of Febru ary », 1904. Did you ever think how necessary it was to depend on yourself and not on some one else if you wanted to make u success in life? Tile minute you waver mid let doubts ami fears enter your heart, that instant you are losing ground, for the doubts and fears can darken the w hole horizon of your ho)a*s mid draw its curtain of dim foreboding over what you desire to accomplish. You might just as well give up your undertaking for the time being, for even if you succeed eventually it will be in a half-hearted w ay that does not bring the joy of triumphing over diffi culties. You can pierce the gliMim, if you will, and a bright, hopeful nature with a determination to succeed will scatter all the little demons of forebod ing and ill-will. When you learn to look on the bright side and cease to worry, you have gained a victory over one of the worst phases of a dissatisfied life. Y’ou will no longer listen to tile idle prattle of ill-luck. Luck <1 im * s not figure in your existence at all. You want to bring your own good common sense to the front, and put worry and doubts mid fears in the background. BRIEF REVIEW. Conscience Fund. Most of our dictionaries define con science money as payment of income tax previously evadixl, says the London Chronicle, but this definition is tisi re stricted, as is proved by the £20 con science money received by the South eastern mid Chatham Railway Com pany. The earliest useof the word, ac- eordingtothe New English Dictionary, was in 1887, but Hone, in his “Table Book,” under the title “Effect of Con science,” tells of a man who sent £200 to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on March .'<0, 1789. The sum wasinelos<*d with a note which implored the Chan cellor “as an honest man” to apply the money so that “tilenation may notsuf- fer by its having been detained from the public treasury, and thus give ease of conscience loan honest man.” Noun vs Adjective. The current debasement of the lan guage, of which mention was made re cently, by a correspondent, needs to la- stayed by occasional priftests, says the London Chronicle. The new education committees are being called in many quarters “educational” committees. This false refinement reminds oneof the common inscription, “monumental mason,” which should I m * “monument mason.” It is not the artificer who is monumental. Compare “numerical printer” for “number printer.” Peo ple fear to use a noun as an adjective, or wrongly prefer the adjective as more elegant “War Oftieeand India Office" are correct expressions, better than “military” or "Indian office,” while “colonial office” is not quite so gixMi as ‘‘colonies' office” would be. Rat Had Delirium Tremens It is related that a Sanilac county, Mich., farmer who had been missing apples from bis cellar made a startling discovery of the thief. While crawling under the barn after a hen’s nest con taining a fortune in eggs the farmer ■ onepollcu In Old Kufftanf. came on a small ] hm >1 of liquid, beside Monopolies were *ilte common In which lay the dead body of a large rat. England long before the days of the On investigation the farmer discovered Stuarts, while ft was under n Stuart, that the pool contained the missing a|» James I., that an act was passed de pies. The rat, it was found, had died claring void all monopolies for the sole of acute alcoholism. After stealing the buying, selling and making o< goods apples the rat had drop|Mxl them in the excepting patents for fourteen years spring under the barn. As they de* for any new process or new manufac ture This Indeed was the first step coni|>oeed they fomied .strong cider. I noticed a window tilled with some The rut drank the cider and died, so it toward free trade. The Tudors were really the great creators of monopo of the late novelties in rildxinsM the is alleged, of delirium tremens. lies, nnd Elizabeth was the grestest de other day. One of the styles shows a veloper of them.—All the Year Round wide riblxm with dainty liorder on Molten Wood. each side while down the center on a Molten wixm I is a new invention. By Plain Enuuph. white or delicate background is thrown rua::s of high distillation and high "What was the trouble?” a garland of pink roses or other dainty (»ressure tile esca|M* of developing gases "He couldn't swim.” "What has that to do with bls fail flowers. Other riblxma show the pat is preventixl, thereby reducing the nre?" tern in I'ersiafi effect. R11»1 m » iim galore wixxl to a molten Condition. When "He get Into a company where the- will be used this season and will form coo] fhe mass as»t>/nes thcjibaracterof stock w«g t!J water." -Autcnwbik. one ot the necessary adjuncts to the coal. This new Ixsly is hard, but can prytty summer girl’s wardrolte. I m * shapeil and nicely polished, it is Ths Paternal lira. impervious to water nnd acids. Miss Roxley I lost my heart last The 29111 of February was it nieinor.-t- night, pa. I accepted Mr. Poorman Fully 9,000,000 Indian subj<x*ts nre Mr. Roxley—Hub! You didn't lone ! ble day in the annals of the University your heart You must have lost your ’ of California, for over n thousAnd of the now more or less acquainted with the hend—Philadelphia Ledger. t students carried out .a custom inau English language. The language most gurated eight years ago nnd donmxi s|xiken in India is Hindustani, by 82,- Spare Olliers. "You talk an awful lot nbosK your- I workingmen's attire anti for mure than iMt.oo” ixxiple. Bengal is the tongue fight hours they pH«sl (he shovel and of 39,000,000. self, Catherine.” "Well. It keeps me from talking about the hoe, the pick and the iron rollers, If you haven telegraph liootli or any and with the aid of twenty-two wheel- Other people.”- Detroit Free Tress , liarrows, by the end of the day's work other old thing on band the very sight "Mirth la God's medicine," Mid Dr. had laid more than half a mile of well* of it will inspire your frh'nds to fairly Oliver Weudell Holme* grml«l walks alxmt the campus. The nelw’to exercise it. t amount of work they had ae<-omplixli<xi Always I m * sure to ]iay the cheek A Hard Font , would have cost over 921)00 as ordinary. An Englishman wns once persuaded Inlx>r is measured. This army of stu when the other fellow invites you to to see a game of baseball, nnd during dents left their work long enough to “partake.” He will invite you ngain. the play, when he happened to look pitttake of a gixxl sulwtantial lunch pro Matches made in heaven don't al away for a moment, a foul tip caught him on the ear and knocked him sense vided by the girl students and outside ways strike and light the right way lees. On coming to himself he asked donators. It is safe to say that they here on earth. faintly, "What was It?" "A foul only had ravenous appetites with them Do you eWr feel all run do<n and i foul.” "Good gracious!” he exclaim- after their hard outdoor work. They had plenty of fun along with the work can't wind yourself up? id. "I thought It wns a mule!" WjbM fWRMS MEW SHORT STORIES 6OC» FIGURES FO« SHOPkEUPfcRS ARE COSTLY AFFAIRS. ••• • Uradt • •olded, and FlatuUrd—TA* ■ • ad Baal, ae • K«a». gru of It«Ma OuSI la BBlMtlo« ufi VU*. "Wax forms, or dummies,” said the deuler, “have irou feet. Why buve they iron feet? To weight them dowu. So that they will stand erect.” > He stood lu his workshop, a room a* big as a concert hall. All around him bel|H*rs were making legs, heads, bands, trunks, feet. Floods of clear light from the glazed root fell upon heaps of limbs, upon row’s of heads, upon mounds of '.. ’»!.«• place hud u ghastly look, it resembled the scene of a mas- sucre. •'The urt of making show figures," said the deuler, "has Improved.” He took up in bls bund thé head of u young girl. The red lips smiled, revealing white teeth; the brown hair curled gracefully; the eyes were bright; there wus a dimple In the cheek. "A head like this," be said, "la worth $15. Heads range in price from $7 to $50. They are made of wax; they are hollow; the eyes are of glass, and the hair is liuuiun hair. I’ll tell you how they are made. "Wax—a great quantity of it—is boil ed iu a big kettle until it bus the con sistency of water. It is then poured into a row of hollow molds, the molds of heads, that stand awaiting it. The molds are hung up and shaken ubout. This process causes the wax to cool and to adhere in a crust to the mold's inside. The ugitation is kept up until the crust of wax has reached the thick ness that the operator requires, where upon the hot wax, the surplus, is pour ed back into the kettle. About the mold, which is made in two halves, a Jacket is placed, and the contrivance is put away to dry. “When tlie drying is complete the mold is taken off, and a man gix-s over the wux heud with a sharp Instrument, clearing out the nostrils and ears anil smoothing away the lines created here and there by the Junction of the mold's halves. He also inserts, with a deft movement, glass eyes in the empty eye sockets. “Now tlie head passes to a girl, a girl with a strange sort of needle, the eye of which is open, or split, at the top. The girl first puts on the eye brows. She threads the needle with a hair, runs it through the wax and, withdrawing it, leaves the hair behind, for the needle's eye, that is open at the top, makes it inevitable for the hair to stay where it is put. The girl works with great rapidity. In a few minutes she bus the head adorned witli a pair of long and shaggy eyebrows. “Next she puts on the hair. For this work she uses the same sort of ntx-dle. the hair being in every case human. For the cheaper heads, however, it is Chinese halt, a human, but very luster less, coarse variety. Beside her stands a tiny spirit lamp. This slie applies to the wax when it becomes so hard that tlie needle won’t penetrate it easily. As soon as she finishes one head she passes on to another, while the head she laid down is taken up by a man. “This man cleans it first with ke *o- sene. Then he pulnts it ull over a pleasant und inviting flesh color. He tints the cheeks, the ears and the nos trils with carmine, and he paints the lips with rouge. A girl, a professional hairdresser, now takes tlie head in band, curls the hair and dresses it fashionably and applies a coat of 1* reneh powder to the face. The head is now finished. "Hunds and feet are made, as a rule, of papier mache, enameled and painted u flesh color, so that they look like the best wax. Hands, feet, bodies, legs and arms are made in hollow molds.” The dealer led the way to the back of the shop. “Here,” he said, “are some men mak ing forms of papier mache now. Watch them." The workmen had molds of various sizes and shapes before them—one the mold of a hand, another that of a foot, a third that of a whole figure from the neck down to the ankles. These molds were in halves. The pa pier mnebe that was to fill them looked in its dry state like blotting paper. Wet it resembled gray pulp. With this gray pulp the workmen lined the molds' interiors well, seeing to it that every cranny and nook got Its thick lining. When the molds were tilled— some were In numerous pieces they were Joined together, cover«! with their Jackets and put away to dry. The artists cannot protect, cannot copyright, their work in any way. Hence they are constantly being preyed upon by imitators and thieves. A deal er, for instance, will order an original head of a woman from a noted maker of show figures. He will turn out a masterpiece. The dealer will make a mold of it and sell duplicates of the head broadcast. There were in the pnst only three or four makers of show forms In Amerl ca. Now there are over 200. The aver age workman at this business makes from $20 to $25 a Week. The artist of great ability makes from $40 to $<'x> Show forms of the best sort are worth $100 and more apiece. They nre rented by their owners to shopkeepers more often than they nre sold outright, tin* advantage of this method being that the shopkeeper through it is able t change his show forms often.—Phila delphia Press. la Ikr **Moaatinaa." Professor Georgs Linculu Burr of Cornell, who tour«! New England last summer on his bicycle in order to gath er favjs about witchcraft, is an author ity on the history of superstition and persecutton, and lie is also an indefati gable wheelman. Professor Burr, with bis bicycle, bus peietrated many prim itive and secluded (Hilts of the l'ult«i t»Ut« From these* Journeys he returns with little stories that are uow quaint, now •trange, now humorous. A story of the hitter sort coucerna a visit to Tennes- •ee. “I arrived one night at a mountain eer’s cublu," said the professor, “ami asked for shelter for the night. The g<Mxl people were very hospitable. They gave me a comfortable b«l and an ex cellent meal. “While I was eating the meal my host watched me narrowly, to see that I had everything 1 wanted. He kept ordering his wife to fill my glass, to bring me more bread, etc. Finally, when I began to eut a piece of apple pie, he exclaimed in an Indignant tone: “‘Jane, why don't you bring the gen tleman a knife? Don't you see him here trying to eat ills pie with a fork?’ ” Aa laprovfinrnt SuftffCNted. The late John IL Procter, the presi dent of the civil service commission, was a student of the University of Pennsylvania In 18H3 and I8»M. and an old Pennsylvania man said of him re cently: "Procter was a great walker In Ills college days. He llk«l nothing lM*tter than to set out early on a frosty morn ing and to walk twenty-five or thirty MortlHed to Death. 1'uui •'FAITH, AN’ I DO THAT." The Law of Averages. General James Longstreet, the last lieutenant general of the Confederate army, who died on Jan. 2, 1904, took a bride of twenty-two when he was sev enty-seven years old. A Georgian who was at the Imperial when the war rior's death was announced told this story of the old general: “One of the cheerful busybodies of Gainesville took the general to task for marrying such a young woman. Ixing- street listened good humoredly, and finally the old nelghlKir demanded: “ ‘Gen'ral, what you got to say for yo’self?’ “ I b'lleve in the law of averages,' replied the general, with a twinkle in his eye. 'Miss Dortch is twenty-two, an’ I'm seventy-seven, so we'll average under fifty. Now, Jedge, that's as straight ns a problem in Euclid.’ ” Tribute to a Mother. The late Sir John Blundell Maple was never tired of telling ills friends liow much he ow<*d to his mother. He us«l to say, "She was tlie cleverest woman I ever knew,” and he often related the advice she gave him when as a boy he thought of being called to the bar. "If ever you were to become lord chan cellor,” she said, "you would have reached the end of all things In that profession. You would have such and such an Income and such nnd such a position, which are already known to you. But if you go Into business there Is no limit to your opportunities." The boy chose bls father’s business ami. ns he often said, never forgot his moth er's adwice.—Exchange. Dreed In a Hurry. Stuck on Hlmnelf. Kate—Charley and Bessie are very fond of each other. Bertha—Rather say they are both very fond of Charley. It is • case of two souls with but a sin gle thought, you know. Boston Tran script. "I have never been able to appreci ate the Insolent theater usher in the past,” said the confirmed patron of the playhouses. "It Is different now. I happened to be in a theater the other evening when a puff of smoke, which half the audieuee saw, made it ‘touch and go’ for a few seconds whether or not the always dreaded tire panic would follow. Enter at this point our old friend the callous usher. Down the aisle from the rear he strode with a disgusted look on his face. “ ‘Aw, sit down!' he said to the chairs. ‘Aw, say, sit down! What’s the use! There ain’t any fire!’ "The bored flavor of the fellow's voice was the fear absorbent the audi ence needl'd. Had he yelled excitedly or moved bls arms he might huve pre cipitated a scramble. It wns a laird faced usher’s ‘Aw, say, sit down!' that worked the wonder. Hereafter I shan't say things out loud when the paste board locator shows me Into the wrong pair of seats and chases me and my wife out again five minutes later, for I've found at Inst that the theater ush er has his uses." New Y’ork Globe. SUNDAY SPORTS. They I'ned 4«» He Foatered In Knff- lnntl by Hoyulty. Both Richard II. and Henry IV. had acts passed ordering Sunday sports, particularly the useful practice of archery. Queen Elizabeth issueil li censes to conductors of such festivi ties, which contained directions to pub- 11 ■ officers to overlook such games and to do their best to make them a suc cess. One such document nuthorlz«l "John Seconton, a poor man fallen into decay and having four small children, to have and use some plays or games nt or U| m » u several Sundays within the county of Middlesex and to remain in one place not above three several Sun days—that is to say, the shooting with the broad arrow, the lenping for men, the wrestling, the throwing of the sl«lge, the pitching of the bar.” James I. in his "Book of Sports" en couraged Sunday games “after even- Ing service," but "the meaner sort" were forbidden to engage In bowling. Stopped later by parliament, this was republished by order of Charles I. and finally suppressed by the long parlia ment. nurse and Household. One of the official residences in Washington » hicli Is especially plagued by street orgau grinders is that of Sec retary Hay. Scarcely an evening puss 1 ea that one of these industrious uiusi clans (?) does not plant himself in front of the residence of th»* s»*eretary of state ami there disturb the »inlet of the night by the* shrill pipings and harsh Jingling which emanate from his mechanical music bog. 'llie Italian organ grinders who come to Washington hold a traditional be lief that the aecretary of state Is the agent of the government duly author ized for tile distribution of small change among |M*nnHcss musicians. For that reason the* grimlera have such dlstini'tiy American airs as "Yankee Doodle" in their repertory, und it is this that they will grind out patiently until they iiavi* nttract«l notice. In the recent Illness of Secretary Hay it was necessary to establish n lackey on guard to “shoo” the musi cians elsewhere, and a plentiful distri bution of small change was also n<*ees-‘ sary.— Washington Post. Itussliin Soldier Choirs. A French writer Ui describing the Russian soldier says that it is a pleas ure to see a detachment of Improvised musicians marching at the head of cavalry singing with the full strength’ of their lungs to the ac«>uipaiiiimmt of flng«»lets and clarinets. Music plays an important part In the life of the Russian soldier, from the regiments of the guard and the famous Preobraschenskl regiment, with their bands over a hundred strong, to the regiments on service In remotest Asia and the dreary Pamirs, with their im provised choirs. In addition to these improvised bands each regiment has at least one “funny man," who with IdA eaperings ami Jests beguiles the t«lium of tin* march. It is salil tlie Russian Infantryman prefers to do without his Instrumental music rather than his singing men. That Is not surprising, considering that, with th»* exception of the guard» and a few favor«! regiments, tlie mu sic of tin* drum is th»* sol»* instrument al music he is privileged to hear. Dors' Ideas of llrenth. An extraordinary essay on "Breath" Is quoted as having been written by a schoolboy who has attend«! a course of lectures on physiology: "Breath is made of air. We breathe with our lungs, our lights, our livers and our kidneys. If it wasn't for our breath we should die when we slept. Our breath keeps the life a going through our nose when we are asleep. Boys that stay In a room all »lay should not breathe. They should wait till they get outdoors. Boys in a room make carbonicide. ('arbonieide Is more dangerous than mail »logs. A heap of soldi« rs was in a black hole in India, and carbonicide got in that black holt* and klll«l nearly every one afore morning. "Girls kill the breath with corsets anti sq«*eze the diagram. Girls can't run or holler like boys because their diagram Is squeezed too lunch. If I was a girl, I'd rather be a bfty, so I could run and holler and luive n g»HMl big diagram.” ForelHn Wnre. In China, The Chinese peasant is no longer con tent to burn bean oil; he wants kero sene. In scores of humble Laos homes I saw* American lamps costing 20 ru pees apiece, nnd a magistrate proudly showed me a collection of nineteen of these shining articles. The narrow streets of Canton are brilliant with German and American chandeliers, and myriads of privat«* houses throughout tin* empire are liglittsl by foreign lamps. The desire of the Asiatic to possess foreign lamps is equaled only by his passion for foreign clocks. The demand for clocks is insatiable. 1 counted twenty seven in the private apartments of the emperor of Chitin an<! my wife nineteen in the bedroom of the empress dowager, while «-henper ones tick to the delighted wonder of myriads of humbler people. The ambi tions Syrian scorns the mini roof of Ills ancestors and will be satlsflisl only with the bright red tiles Import«*«! from France.—Arthur Judson lirown In Cen tury. A Freak of Sound Wavei. "Talking about vibrations," said an organist, "reminds me of a most pe culiar fact In regard to the acoustic properties of St. James' church here In ' l'hiladelphln. Before the new organ was Installed there was one spot In the 1 roar of the church where tlie sound j waves came together in such a manner that a person sitting there eoulil hard ly hear a sound while the organ was being played. The explanation is quite simple. It seems that at this very spot the waves vibrating from each side of the church cam«* together at uneven intervals, forming a break in the wave series an»! neutralizing th«* sound en ! tirely. Tlie new organ was (»laced so ns to overcome this difficulty. I have seldom heard of a parallel case.”—Phil adelphia Telegraph. | What Is the cause of the friction? Simply tills: That which to the employ er is an abnormal and unexpected af fliction is to the nurse but a detail, a acene, in her dally life and work. Ill ness or accident Invades ail orderly household, routine Is broken through, everything Is at “slxeif and sevens.” The devoted wife ur mother, the ioving A Happy Town. daughter, the attached servant and , such are still in existence -all are will I Dalton — Ing nnd eager to sacrifice sleep and i Has never hail a strike. rest, meals anil comfort. In caring for I Has two livery stables. the one whose life hangs tn the bnl- I *iliis a splendid gas plant. Has a splendid femal«* college. anee. The nurse, nine times out of ten. Is no less willing, but her self sacrifice ■ Is a thoroughly prohibition city. should not I m > accepted—ought not In ' Is within twelve miles of a silver deed to be offer«! by her—simply lx* , ndne. cause her cnse Is not that of tin* will | Has three w«*kly papers ami one Ing and unofficial helpers. When the monthly magnzlne. crisis is over nti<! death or recovery Ims 1 Is a city which lias never had an epi ended the strain she does not return demic of any kind. once more with them to the uneventful i Is a city of eleven churches, three dally round nnd common task. A few public school buildings, two literary days, a few hours perhaps, nnd she I- clubs am! Is a place »>f m»»rality. <*nl- in a scene similarly heartrending nnd ture an»l refinement.- Dultou (Gu.i Citi- appealing, where only1 the present sen. needs, the Immediate anxiety, nr»* 1 Illa Wheel. thought of nnd where self abnegating I "That's a pretty noisy passenger devotion will be equally welcome nn»1 e»iually expected. For tlie memlers of you’vg got In there,” remark«! the man each afflicted family there come nt Inst who was smoking on the front plat relief of suspense, rest nnd change, j form. “Is ho crazy or only drunk?” "Neither one.” sal»! the motorman. For the nurse there Is but the briefest “He's Just got a flat wheel In his h»*iid.” If nnj interval for recuperation Ctdi-ago Tribune. Chamlwrs' Journal. Wsimts»«. Bacon—I bear your uncle IB to leeturk A M bs Of OODIfia. “A man of genius, you say?" Shw» You don't hear the men use thd gn “Our Grc-iA Waterways." What "Yea; he failed In art and actually worff "obey" In the weddfn* ceremony. does he know about waterways? Eg admitted it. then went into buslnest Re—Wo; that'* no. Rut they usually bert—Why, be was In Wall street >nd succeeded"—Detroit ft-ee 1'resa. Vi'® to, *11 r|gh$, Y oq M ts Statesman Mx years!—Yonkers Statesman *»ar Do. isteH Maalc Fur Mr. Hay. In his "Explorations and Adventures Iu Equatorial Africa" Paul du Cliaillu tells of his first eueouuter with a go rilla. “We saw an immense one oomlng straight toward us out of the woods,” be wrote. "As he cuuie he gave vent to terrible howls of rage, as much *\is to say, ‘I urn tln*d of being pursued and will face you.’ "It was a loue male, the kind which Is ulways the must ferocious. This fel low made the woods resound with bis roar, which Is an awful sound, resem bling the muttering of distant thunder. He was alstut twenty yards off when we first saw him. 1 was about to take aim and bring him down where lie stood when my most trusted man. Ma laonen,' stopped me, saying In a wills, per, ’Not time yet.’ "We stood in alienee, gun In hand. The gorilla looked at us for a minute or so. then beat Ills breast with lib gigantic arms—and what arms he had! then gave another bowl of defiance and advanced U|M»n us. How horrible he looked! “ 'Not yet,’ whispered Malaonen. “Again the gorilla made an advance upon us. Now lie was not twelve yards off. His face was distorted with rage. His huge t«'th wore ground against each other so that we could hour the sound. The skin of the forearm wus drawn forward and backward rapidly, making ills hair move up and down and giving u fiendish expression to Ids hideous face. Again he roared, a sound which shook the woods like thunder It seemed as If 1 could feel the earth trembling untier my feet The beast looking us in the eye and beating bls breast, advanced again. “ ’Don’t fire too soon,’ said Malaonen. ‘If you don’t kill him he will kill you.’ “This time he came within eight yards of us before he stopped. I was breathing fast with excitement as I watched the huge creature. Malaonen only said. ’Steady!’ ns the gorilla came up. When he stopp«l Malaonen said: “ ‘Now!’ "And before tlie beast could utter tho roar for which he was opening bls mouth three musket balls were In his body. He fell dead almost without a struggle.” An Incident Thai liaised Him In the Old I’atrou's Estimation. miles through the country. lie would start alone, as a rule, but if be fell in with a teamster, a laborer, a tramp— any one—he was well pleased. He would bring home many an odd bit of talk that he had gather«! in this way. “I remember how he once met an Irishman on the road to Norristown. He and the Irishman plodded along to gether a matter of six or seven miles. They stopped nnd read each milestone, as walkers always do, and Procter said: “ ‘I think that milestones cheer a road up wonderfully, don't you?’ “‘Faith, an' I do that,’ said the Irish man. ‘I find them a great comfort. It would be an improvement, though. If they was nearer one another, wouldn't it?' ” CHOICE MISCELLANY du 4 liaiilu'b First Eii'uuuh r Hitb u Muuater Gorilla. THE THEATER USHER. John Shari» Wllllnins, the Democrat ic lender of tlie house, and Judge Tnte of Georgia u«**d to hare adj.dning rooms nt the Sletropolltnn hotel. One night Williams was liurrl«lly dressing to go to a dinner. lie had a hard wres tle with his collar nnd another with bls tie. Finally be had the one but toned and the other tied, and he threw So Many Like Him. on his coat nnd went Into Tate's room. _ “I see dat ole RFer Thomas is still “Judge,” said Williams, “how <!<• I growlin’ at de world.” look?’ "What de matter wld him now?" Tnte surveyed Williams carefully. "Set his mind on gittfn’ a dollar, an "Really, John,” he said finally. "I 1 sotneliody give him ud cents.”—Atlant» think you wotAd look much better If Constitution. you would put your trousers on.” “Of course doctor, German measles are never serious." “I never met but one fatal case " "Fatal?" “Yes. It was a Frenchman, and when be discovered it was German measles he had mortification set In."—‘ Pbiladelnhln Press ° * * o AN AFRICAN ADVENTURE. m»e zecrer net of self denial, one sac rifice of Inclination to dsity. Is worth all the «¡ere good thoughts, warm feel ings. pnsslonute prayers, In which •ome p«»ple Indulge themselves.
