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.
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•
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
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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.