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BANPON 11ECOKPEH. PIANO TUNERS. They Are .MukItr of Harmony, bnt Few Knmv Written MunIc. The piano tuner was jangling the keys with one hand as he twisted ami swung liis little hanuuer at tlie pins with the other. Now mid then lie would strike a chord nonchalantly, but he never pretended to produce nnv succession of sounds that resembled a theme or phrase of music. He wound up with a final jangle (if chords that were narinomc. but not m :wv manner related to one another. Then la screwed on the front of the case and announced that the tuning was fin ished. "Won't you play something for me? asked the mistress of the household expectantly. "I am afraid I can't gratify you. madam, was the response. "I can t play." "Not play? I should think any per son with such knowledge of harmony would be a master of music." said the woman. "The tuner is a master of harniony. or his ear is," said the man, "but few of us know written music. We don't need it in our business. All a tuner has to have is an acute ear for notes and their harmony. With the pitch of a fork set at a certain point lie has a basrs to start from, and all he does is to give each string on the instrument its proper grade in the scale. It takes a mighty fine ear and much training of the sense of hearing, but that Is all there is to it." A JAPANESE LEGEND. Origin of n Strnne lnnect Found On It In IHnieJi. Lufcadio 1 1 earn gives a curious tra dition about a strange insect which is found only in llimeji. a pretty little town near the center of Japan. It seems there once lived a rich noble in a castle on the outskirts of the town who was famous for the magnificence of his dishes, anions which were ten priceless bowls of solid field. In his employ was a maidservant of good family, whose name was O-Kiku, to whom was intrusted the care of the precious plate, but to her great despair one day one of the gold dishes was missing. Shu searched diligently in vain, and. not knowing how to prove her Innocence, in her despair drowned herself in a well, but her ghost returned nightly to the spot and could be heard counting the dishes slowly, with sobs. "Ichl-mai, ni-mai, san-mai. yo mai. go nial, roku-mai, shichi-mai. hachi-mai. ku-mal." up to nine, when there would follow a loud, wailing cry. and the un canny count began over again. At last the uneasy spirit passed into the body of aa insect whose head somewhat re sembles a ghost with long, tousled hair, and in that part of Japan it is considered unlucky to cultivate the chrysanthemum, as the girl's name. O-Kiku, ineans chrysanthemum. The Dieting of let Dojcs. l'et dogs require to be put on a star vation diet occasionally, as well as men and women." said a fancier who makes a specialty of doctoring pets. "Nine times out of ten. when a woman rushes In here and tells me that her dog Is poisoned, I can see at u glance that It's nothing but a case of overfeeding. I put the dog on a milk and water diet for two weeks, make up a simple prescription for the owner to take home with her per when I am through with It and collect $'J.. Do I tell her so? Certainly not. She wouldn't believe me if I did. Women rich enough to stuff their pets with candy and such things like to think that they know more about the all ments 'of their Fidos and their Prince than I do." -New v. ork Press. The I'erfcct "Walter. The complete waiter, like the angler and the poet. Is born, not made. For tunately, however, for the comfort of the world, a great waiter Is born a good deal more frequently than a great poet. I loth must have a remarkable combination of faculties. The perfect waiter must handle the knife like a Bkllled surgeon; plates, dishes, forks and spoons like n conjurer: know as much of the dishes he serves as anv epicure; be as quick on his feet as a ballet girl . ml as sweet in his temper as an angel. It Is a tribute to the pos nihilities of human nature to sav that such Admirable Crlchtons can 1m found. London Telegraph. I'nijtT and l'rnetlrc. "Did the deacon prav at the meet ing?" "Yep. Wound up his prayer with a plea to help us overlook the faults o' others." "Well, he alius does that." "I know, but as soon as he got up from his knees he turned around an' scowled at F.easley's baby because it squawked once or twice while he was prayln'." Indianapolis Sun. A Ilntllcal. "He poses as a reformer, doesn't he?" "Oh, he's worse than a reformer. Ills ideas would upset the whole so clal and business world. He says if he had his way he'd put in Jail every body who ought to be there." - Phila delphia Press. liven That Illdn't Work. "Did you do nothing to resuscitate the body-;" was asked of a witness at a coroner's inquest. "Yes. sir; we searched the pockets." was the reply. IJxnct. Mrs. Knicker Was your new gown a good fit? Mrs. P.ocker Lovely. Jack's bank account shows Just 7.'. cents left. Smart Set. A well known oculist states that for ty men and three women to every thousand persons an; color blind Jle Knew It. "Ah, Mr. Frankly," exclaimed Miss Gusher, "your secrets are so beautiful! You are surely "the great poet.' " "Thjs what." replied Frankly, who disliked argument. "You can't get un u debate with me on that noint." The belle of ancient India wore her Lair tied by a Jeweled band two r tn.ree Inches back of her head and then braided Into an enormous ball. I POLLY li t All winter long the anglers who have -at before glowing; fires dreaming of the "good old days" to come when tliev might wander along the banks o the various trout streams that, thanks to the California Northwestern Fish Hatcherv, has been replenished from season to season with myriads of lively little trout, have at last been rewarde and their dreams of big catches of the speckled beauties have been realized Days before the trout lawexpired foum them getting ready their poll's am lines and lih-haskets besides laying in a supply of beverages of various kinds to accompany appetizing lunches, hvery angler who could get away from husi i less found it convenient to leave town aUiut that time. The trains on th California Northwestern Kail way car ried hosts of thce expectant fishermen and they were not disappointed jmlg iitg from the big string- ami fern-ela baskets lined with trout. .None re turned empty handed, and their happy, contented faces told of the pleasun tliev had in their outing. "It was simplv glorious," said one enthusiastic angler. "Of all the sports give me trout fishing. I have gone every season for the past eight years somewhere along the line of the Cali fornia Northwestern Kailway and have never returned empty-handed vet. I look forward to mv annual trout-fishing trips as much a- a loy docs to the possession of his first gun. I come back from these trips through the sweet-scented woods and pure mountain air feeling as though I had a new lea-c on life and ready to get down to real hard work. I wish I could pre vail upon every business man that they owe it to themselves to take the annual outing that 1 do owrv vear. A man who puts otf taking these little jaunts into the country at this season of the year ju-t when all nature is awaken ing, the lives putting forth their new foliage and the valley.- and hillsides covered with countlc-'- wild Mowers, is mi-sing one of the greatest treats that can come into the me of a iiusincss man. He -diotild take advantage of it, too. and go during the trout season, for after that the rush of summer so journer- begin- and extend-; far into the fall. The man who say- he cannot leave bu-inc.-s and waits for a more convenient -ca-on, never goes. He puts otf taking hi.- rest from year to year, he Iwcomes ero. and crabbed, gets into a rut ainl'simply ru-t.-away in the tread mill of busine-s, which has steadily grown, but by the time he realizes it his health i- broken and he must get away front the care and worry, ami he ell- out and prepares to take thing.' easy. lie finds he h:u- waited too long and hi tired body and wornout brain refuse to give him the rest he craves until death summons him to appearand give an account of the poor stewardship of the life that had been given him to enjoy. It doesn't pay to wear yourself out, and I oi any other man who realizes what a rest in the sweet, wholesome pure mountain air mean-a- he wander.- with hi- fishing: I pole up and down the creeks and the rivers along the California Northwest- ern Kailway, will live longer ami be I healthier, happier and more agreeable in III- nature. (d . l. :.. l l . . j i; i uimicci io ei oi angling owes the California Northwestern Kailwav Company a vote of thanks, for it i ow ing entirely to its cnterpri-e that th stream- m that part oi l he count rv have not been long ago entirely lishe out. Tiie California Northwestern Fi.-h Hatchery is the pride of President A W. Fo.-ter, and you wouldn't think it strange if you cuiild ju-t take a peel into tiie hatchery and siv the million oi little trout in the various stages o growth swarming in the tanks of the hatcherv, which i.- located in one of the most beautiful canyons in th Mate. II you have never been there don't fail to take advantage of the next excursion given bv the Californi: Northwe-tern Kailway to Fkiah. The company gives them every little while, and one of the places of interest in your trip along this grandly picturesque road will be the Fish Hatchov. Don't you fail to visit it. Here, I'm getting generous in talking over my good for tune in going out into the woods, and it makes me .-orrv for vou folks who claim vou are too bu-v to take an out ing, so you ju.-t take a mess of these speckled beauties home to your wife with my compliments, ami when your mouth waters for more pick up your fishing tackle, or borrow mine if you haven't got any, and hie you r.-elf away to the trout -t reams on the line of the California Northwestern Kailway. It ,win made you voting again and keep you from getting stoop-shouldered." fhela-t Polly saw of the sunburned on- thu-ia-lic angler was the pleasant pic ture he made a-he took out a number of beatitifulspeekled trout, and arranged them temptingly on the fern leaves, a lainty and no doubt acceptable gift. Ilanc'uig up into the streets of China- own theothcr ilay ashimuiar of yellow met mvgaze that for the instant made me think that there might he an epi demic of smallpox or yellow fever in that locality. On inquiry I learned that a real live prince was expected from Pekin. Prince Pu Lun arrived in all his splendor ami was wined ard dined and entertained in a way befit ting his royal blood. (Jreat prepara tions had Ih'cii made for his entertain ment by the wealthy Chinese and a vast sum was expended in decorating the streets, temples, theaters and busi- ness houses. Cay banners of orange (sovereign and lemon-eolored bunting with fierce looking dragons painted thereon Mutini ed their golden lights in the breeze and were intermixed in nrtistic fashion with miniature Hags of our own star spangled banner. Two royal arches were erected on Dupout street ami they were artistic and dainty in coloring and must have been very lovely in the glare of the many electric lights that ornamented them. All the shades of the rainbow were used in the arches and in the same order that you would see them in some beautiful 1mw of prom ise. A good deal of filagree work or namented the top of the arches and the same coloring was carried out in this arrangement, which was topped oil' with the yellow Hags and dragons. The electric lights were used profusely and created n pleasing picture. I he stores all had their decorations, mostly of lanterns and yellow Hags intermixed with the American Hag, yet some were artistically draped in pale pink, green, lemon and orange cheese cloth, cover ing the entire front of thebuildings Of course, all the finest art work in Chi natown was displayed, and one window was a dream in the arrangement of beautiful embroidered screens in gor geous colorings and exquisite needle work. Prince Pit l.iiu, for whom all this grandeur in Chinatown was ar ranged, has gone on to .St. Louis to at tend the exposition. It is the first time China has sent a prince of .the royal blue blood to attend one of our ex j nisi t ions. BRIEF REVIEW. Scot In Russia. Verily, the Scot abroad is a history maker. Admiral Stark, of Port Arthur 'fame, was probably of Scottish descent. Hvery man of that name in the Dic tionary of .Natural Kiography has Scots blood, although, curiously enough, all have attained fame in Kngland, with the exception herein alnive noted. The Kussian navy has practically been made by Scots. 'One of the least known of these was Admiral Sir Thomas ( 'ordon, Oovernorof Kronstadt. The Jacobites of 171") tried to induce him to advise the Czar to send a Kussian licet down the cotch coast. Far more famous was John Klphiiison, who rose to bearcat admiral in the Kussian navy. His eld erly son became a captain in the same navv and the second in that of the I'nited States. 1'nder F.lphin.-oii, an other famous Kusso-Scot served in the person of Sir Samuel O'reig, son of a hipownerhi Fifeshire. ( 'reig entered the Kiis.-iaii navv in lTtsi, under Ad miral Klphinson's command, and did wonders in remodeling the dicipline and educatmg the ollicers. When he died, in 17ss, he was given a stale fu neral. His son, Alexis Simuilvich, bi- came an admiral in the Kussian licet. It was a Scot named Mackenzie who litst called attention to the strategic possibilities of Sebastopol. The hand the Scots. took in the Crimean war has been immortalized in poetry. Lottery Clothes. The girl-employed in the pottcriesof Kngland are good-looking and well- lics.-cd. They have taste, which is cultivated bv the art work of the fac tories. Manv of them are more stvlish erhaps, than their position seems to warrant, but this is easily explained. fhey buy their clothes by a system nownas "Maxims." This means that twelve girls subscribe one shilling a week. The money is held by a fore woman, and when there is sullicieiit cash to buy a hat or dress, the girls draw lots, and the winner has the new dress, while the other subscribers have to wait their turn. Then, in all the glory of riblHius and finery, the lucky girl appears on Sunday. Celery For Beauty. London greengrocers have been sur prised at the increasing demand for celery, 'fhe explanation is that a large coterie of smart and pretty women, to gether with an equally large section not so conspicuous for their pulchri tude, have created a celery beauty club. Those expert in matters of food values opine that celery has more potency than any drug in the world for produc ing bright eyes and a elearcomplexion. It must be eaten raw. It is not only a beautilier, but promotes health in vari ous ways and inspires energy, temper and nerve-poise. g( M M I A Unique Military Memorial. Among the many monuments erected in .lapan to commemorate her signal defeat of the Chinese army some six years ago wa one that is perhaps the most unique on earth. It is in l)w form of a huge bayonet standing up right on a column of granite, which is itself mounted upon a large pedestal, and the whole inclosed by a spiked iron fence. - The blade is suitably inscribed in Japanese characters extolling the bravery of the soldiers who fell in bat tle. Thismonumeut i.-one of thesights of Seoul, Korea. It is a strange fact that, the right land, which is more sensitive to the touch than the left, is less sensitive than the latter totheelfect of heat of old. The remarkable echo at Kajle's Nest, on the banks of Killarny, Ireland, n- eats a bugle call 10!) times, each clear ind distinct. Manhattan Island, on which New York now stands, was originally bought from an Indian chief for about ?ii.r of our money. Only one-third of the world's popu- ation use bread as a daily article of i jd. Nearly one-half of the people of the world subsist chielly on ricv. (Jut of every 1000 of the world's popu- ation li(4 own King Kdward as their THROWN UPON THE STAGE. The Way EukIIhIi Audience Kcwnrd ropul.tr I'lajerM With Glftn. There have lately in the provinces been several sensational nights at prominent theaters when to mark the last per forma nee of a local pantomime all manner of gifts have been thrown upon the stage for the benefit of popu lar performers. All those acquainted for long with the inner life of the theatrical profes sion can tell some remarkable stories of these gifts cast upon the stage. The most celebrated and universal of these relates to a lady who once held the main portion of the lease of a promi nent London theater. While this lady was still an actress only and not a manageress, an actress of great talent and beauty, there was one night on the fvst production of the piece a small bouquet cast upon the stage at her feet. Attached to the bouquet was a small Russia leather card case, and in side this were bank notes to the value of 1,000 exactly. On no fewer than seven different occasions, with a toler ably long Interval between, did the same thing occur, and the lady, as al- leged, has never from that day to this discovered who her admirer was. mougn an manner ot romantic conjee- tures were made at the time. Even within the last few weeks an unknown elderly gentleman threw an envelope weighted with pennies and containing a five pound note to a tiny child performing in a Loudon subur ban pantomime. Some theaters have been celebrated for their gift nights, all manner of presents, from frying pans to green vegetables, having been gently deposited on the stage for the popular actors: yet, on the other hand, both writs and summonses have been handed to actors who could not be ap proached through the stage door, but who consented to receive presents over the footlights on their benefit nights. The most curious sight the writer ever saw in connection with these gift throwing nights was in relation to a favorite actor who, at a great provin cial theater, played during a long pan tomimic run the part of a parasite named Cadgi. who carried a pipe that had a huge bowl and whose oft repeated cry was. "Can any one oblige me with a bit o'-'bacca?" On the last night of the performance the familiar request for a "bit o' baeea" had no sooner been spoken than literally scores of packets and "screws" of tobacco of every imaginable kind were thrown upon the stage, more than 120 of these falling about the actor.- London Tit Bits. TICKLING TROUT. How Irlnh Tonehern Ciiteh the FImIi With the Ilure Hand. In Europe trout poachers have the reputation of catching trout with their bare hands. The process in Ireland is called "tickling." 1 could scarcely be lieve that this thing was done that the most timid and wary of fish could be caught by the naked hands. Head ing of one fellow sent to jail for tic kling" trout. I was curious enough to try the process myself In the presence of an angler as witness. I found it the simplest thing in the world, as far as the "tickling" was concerned. The dif ficulty appeared to lie in approaching the trout. P.ut I found that this could be done almost every time by quiet, adroit maneuvering, and 1 shall never forget the astonished face of my friend when I lifted from a pool a plump trout and held him in the palm of my hand Just on the surface of the water. Half a dozen times I lifted the same trout, tickling him gently on the belly and sides. lie appeared to like it. lying oer against my hand like a cat that courts rubbing. 1 found that I could do almost anything with the trout, car rying them in my hand for a few mo ments before returning them to the water. Harper's Weekly. IN THE LAND OF FIRE. How the ntIvrof Tlerrn del Kuejro .IliutuMR to Hxint. In Tierra del Fuego the Yaghan In dian leads a remarkable existence. He braves the seas of Cape Horn naked In u frnil bark canoe. He owns no faith, religion or tribal tie other than that of the family, which huddles together for feed and sustenance. His only house held goods are the smoldering fire brands which he carries on a slab of turf in his canoe to each fresh halting place. The women, usually two, pad ule the canoe from the stern. The man crouches in the bow on the lookout for prey. On the shore runs one or two dogs to sniff out and turn any lurking otter or sea bird. I he long kelp that fringes the coast serves as a break water for the frail craft, whose crew only venture out Into the open chan nels when their foresight, tells them that a calm will be of sullicieiit dura tion to enable them to pass from one inhospitable beach to another. They are unduly developed in the torso at the expense of the lower limbs, for they pass their lives thus circling the coasts. I- ishing without hooks, living on mussels and fungus, this tribe marks the limit to which man may strip himself of all aid or comfort and yet survive. How Anthracite Conl Wn Formed. Geologists are of the opinion that hitumiffous and anthracite coals were forinedbiring the same period and un der like conditions. Originally they were all bituminous, but during the violent contortions and upheavals of the earth's crust at the close of the carboniferous age the bituminous coals Involved In that disturbance were changed b' heat and pressure and the consequent, expulsion of volatile matter from bituminous to anthracite. JM'itneiie Fletion. Japan Is a novel writer's elysium. There Is one very celebrated work, entitled "The Story of the Eight Dogs," that runs to 10(5 volumes, print ed or written on only a single side of the page. Then, again, Japanese writ ers introduce into their stories a num ber of characters so confusing ns to bewilder even the authors. No self respecting novelist leaves a single per sonage alive at the end of the book. The Two KindN. "The great art of conversation is to tempt other people to talk." "Yes, but some people need to ho headed off. "--Cincinnati Tribune. NEW SHORT STORIES I'repnrlnj? For nn Exam. At a dinner in Philadelphia of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution George F. Baer, the president of the Heading railroad, said: "There is an old man up the state whom I can't help admiring. This old man in a recent letter to our main of fice asked for rates, distances, time and so forth for many Important kinds of freight over our principal lines. The letter probed deep Into our traffic business. It was indicative of a keen mind. Plainly its writer, provided he got fair treatment, would become a valuable patron of the line. "So we sent posthaste one of our brightest young trallic agents to see him. The agent got off at his station and had to walk five miles through the c0-(1 to reacll uiii i,ouse Arriving with some disappointment at a small farm, the agent took from his pocket the long list of rates that three clerks had spent half the night In compiling, and he said to the old man: " 'I have come, sir, from the Heading offices to answer your recent letter in ,K.,.SOIK Ucrt! on tilcse p.lI)ers vou will flmI t,.K.h of vour ,lUostions treated in (let!l1 May wo 1opu to (lo some busI ness with you?' "The farmer looked over the list of answers with a grunt of satisfaction. "'You're from the railroad, eh?' he said. 'Well, you can't hope for no busi- nc.-.s from me. but I'm obliged to you just the same for all this information. It's for my son. You see. he's got to take an examination next mouth, and a lot of It will be about railroads, so I thought I'd get hlin some railroad facts first hand.' " Where He Drew It. Professor E. G. Dexter of the Uni versity of Illinois, whose Interesting Investigations have proved football to be a harmless game. Is popular on ac count of his geniality. After a certain football victory Pro fessor Dexter entertained one night :i group of students at his residence. A magnificent sword hung over tin fireplace of the library, and during : "nuvkk wihh i i-'oiaiKT " space of silence Professor Dexter took down this sword and brandished It impressively. "Never will I forget." he exclaimed, "the day I drew this blade for the first time." "Where did ou draw it. sir?" a freshman asked respectfully. "At a rallle," said Professor Dexter. Sir ThomnN nnd Ten. Shortly before Sir Thomas Lipton sailed for home he said to a caller who mentioned the regard in which he war. held in this country. "Yes, and it really means more to me than winning the cup would have meant. I suspect that I can say with all modesty that it's really remarkable the way the American people have taken me Into their hearts. They seem almost to consider me one of them selves. One man in a moment of ab straction asked me how I was going to vote at the New York municipal elec tion. "I had to draw the line on one thing in Itoston. however. A lady who was soliciting funds to erect a monument commemorating a certain event which took place in the harbor in 177." asked me to contribute. I thought it was go ing too far to expect me to help to keep alive the memories of men who destroyed 'Mil chests of good tea." Philadelphia Post. Seottl.sh Thrift. As an Illustration of thrift and fore sight Andrew Carnegie likes to tell n humorous storv about an old Scots woman whom he used to know in Dun fermline. To this poor old woman the minis ter's wife said one day: "Janet, I mean to make you a pres ent of a bonnet." "I thank ye, ma'am," Janet an swered, with a courtesy. "Tell me what kind of a bonnet you would like, a felt or a straw one." the minister's wife went on. Janet thought a moment. Then she said: "Weel, ma'am. I think I'll tak a straw one. It'll maybe be a mouthfu' to the coo when I'm done wi' It." LntcliMtrliiK In Out. A commercial traveler who had been much Impressed with the genial man tier of George D. Mackay said to him: "The next time I come within ten n,n0s of that Afterglow farm of yours I'm going to stop and stay all night." "pon't do that." said Mr. Mackay. "Keep right on up to the farm." New York Times. Jolinny'M Prentnnlt Ion. "Come, Johnny." coaxed his mother. "You may us well confess that you ate the jam." "No, I won't," blubbered Johnny. "PI! be switched If I do!" Chicago Tribune. Some people seem always sure they are right and then do the other thing. Philadelphia Uecord. Ignorance Js bold and knowledge reserved.- -Thucydldes. OYST1ER FARMS. The :. .jrnl and Artificial Bed In Eastern VlrKinln. In eastern Virginia there are several thousand acres of oyster farms where oysters are raised by artificial methods on artificial beds. The natural oyster bed Is where the oyster breeds and matures naturally. There are thou sands of acres of such beds In the Chesnpeake bay system of salt water. In such beds tlie oysters breed by the millions, and as they are too close to gether there tljey cannot all reach a satisfactory growth. If taken when small from these natural beds and strewn along in the bottoms where there are no oysters naturally, at the rate of GOO to 1,000 bushels per acre, such young oy ters mature and ripen off for the inn ket, some In one and the rest In two years. There Is a profit In such work when intelligently miunaged of 25 to 33-j per cent. Probably more than 100.000 acres of artificial oyster beds are made to grow an oyster crop In addition to the ncrenge embracpd In the natural beds. The area of artificial beds Is Increas ing rapidly eacl year. One singular feature about the ojs ter Is this: They all look exactly alike, there being no Vlifference between the male and the female externally or In ternally. In fact, the art of man Is not sufficient to distinguish one sex from another. Another unique feature is this: The male oyster "lays" as many eggs as the fern lie "equal rights." we perceive. The Uggs of the male are called milt, ana the eggs of the fe male are called spawn. An ordinary full grown oyster Is supposed to lay a million eggs a y ear. in spawning sea Is full of these eggs, milt and the spawn son the water and when the come in contact land the water Is at the right temperature life Is imparted to the microscopic egg, and It drops to the bottom, wliere, if It succeeds in grasping hold of something, such as another oyster cr shell or rock or any thing to hang o i to. the tiny creature begins to form ts shell and In a few weeks becomes visible to the ej-e. Country Gentleman. AN ELERHANT TRAIT. The Animal While Huy AVII1 Xever Injure u I'emoii. "An elephant jiever injures a person when it is busy,7 says an animal train er with a big c reus. "It may sound strange, but there is not a case on rec ord of one gett performing or w think, is that tin ng ugly when it was orking. The reason, 1 elephant is an animal ot one idea that Is, it can think of only one thing at a time. "When you put an elephant at work it gives it.-f who! . attention to its task. Great power ot concentration? No. just inability to think of two things at once. When it gets busy It takes a lot to distract its attention, and it never stops to think : a nee. If we sta lliout a private gnev I t a horse or a dog do ing a trick we can't leave it for a min ute or it will Idaf or stop work alto- gether. but it is pliant. Once get different with an ele- it started, either alone or with others. And it will go through with its turn without another word. It is absorbed in its work "That same trait, I take it. is what makes an elephant such a vicious aui mal when it gets ugly. It can think of nothing but what has made it angry and it will not stop until it has torn something to pieces. Oh, yes, an ele phant can carry ji grudge. It never for gets an injury, and it waits its chance to get e en. but wiicn it is busy it for gets the tricks tjhat have been played on it. It is only when it has nothing to do that it get troubles. Hum;! s to brooding over its ii. eh? Well. I havi known folk witb that sort of disposi tion." MISUNDERSTANDINGS. Keep Them Out of the Home nnd Awny From FriciidxIiliiK. If love Is to people they mus offense and not to pardon at the flourish between two . each be slow to take nly willing, but glad, first and faintest sign of penitence: still more, to overlook entirely the sin which has been a blun- d el- and an acc dent. Life and love are in great part the art of bearing with other people's shortcomings. Every offender, whatever the offense, the law entitled to a Is in the eyes of fair trial, and no one should be con demned unheard- The exercise of a modicum of com non sense and justice would nip most ijuarrels, whether be tween lovers or others. In the bud. Some one has wisely said that scarcely a novel was ever written which could have run to the! end if the hero and heroine had beeiJ fully frank with one another. Most dissensions are founded upon misui'deistandings. Much may be ljorgiven to those who love much by those who return such affection. Nor Is It sullicieiit to for give without foigettlng the offense. The slate should the transgression never been. Phil be wiped clean and be as though It had idelphia Ledger. A Un! iij Day tottiute. The Japanese woman has oicd th question of the rainy day. She tucks her robes up to her knees, puts on wooden clogs five or six inches high, and as her stockings are mereiv sl.oii socks the wet and the splashing only j rail on hare ankles and legs. There Is In consequence very little difficulty about the after cleaning, and the kimo no is not marred by mud colored stains that will not come out. This custom may seem a trille queer, but as no one in Japan notices it or een thinks about it and the little ladies do it quite naturally it is really not more queer than the custom which our ladies have of wearing decollete dresses in the evening, which the Japanese in turn think most queer. If not actually un civilized. It is the old question ol east and west. London Taller. Hnrd to Ivlll. Cats, according to the old tradition, have nine lives, but they are not the only creatures that enjoy such a plu rality. Infusoria have been dried and restored to life by moistening after re maining Inert dust for twenty-seven years, and the drying resuscitation has been successfullj tried eleven times on one lot of rotifers. Frogs and manv fishes suffer no injury from freezing solid, while In a few cases even warm blooded animals have been restored to life after apparent death from freezing. FACTS IN FEW LINES There are more than 100,000 widows In Berlin. At Rome twins were recently born to a couple both of whom are over sev en ty. Bovine typhus killed 2,234 bead of cattle In Egypt during the week ending Dec. 20 hist. Byproducts of oil refineries are ex pected to make excellent fuel for greenhouses. In 1SS1 the London birth rate aver aged :$2.2 a thousand. It has steadily declined to 28.5. Income tax has been Introduced for the first time in Montenegro and Is causing much discontent. A Canadian egg merchant proposes to ship his wares to Great Britain Iiacked in barrels and frozen solid. Athens has a weekl periodical, the Bulletin d'Orient, which Is concerned with the affairs of the Greeks In Mace donia. Of the 12,703 newspapers and period icals published in Germany more than 27 per cent are In other languages than German, 0 per cent being in English alone. In lSSo there were only 10,000 to 17.000 Jews in Jerusalem. Last year in the city they numbered at least 41.000. In all about 150,000 are actual- lj- living in Palestine. An attache of the Japanese legation in London says that he knows person ally of five women who committed sui cide because their husbands disgraced themselves in the army. A movement has been started by Jap anese residents of New York to erect a Buddhist temple In that city, to serve not only as a house of worship, but as a central gathering place for all na tives of Japan. Plans have been filed in Chicago for an Iroquois Memorial Emergency hos pital, to be erected in that city, and to irovidc and maintain an institution in memory of tiie victims of the Iroquois theater fire on Dec. 30. St. Paul and Minneapolis are the lar gest frog markets In the world. The total receipts for the last year from the frog catchers of the state exceeded 500.000 dozen, requiring the slaughter of no less than 5.U00.000 frogs. One of the most curious facts in re gard to snakes is that their eyes are never closed. Sleeping or waking, alive or dead, they are always wide open. This is because they have no eyelids. The eye is protected only by a strong scale, which is cast off every time the reptile changes its skin. The Swedish Mission society of America is trying to secure a share in the $l,."00.oun of profits that have re sulted from a gold mine discovered in Alaska by P. II. Andson. a missionary sent there by the society. The point is whether a mission board is entitled to profits which its missionaries make outside of their calling. As the increased trallic which new railways will bring to Triest will ne cessitate larger harbor facilities than the present contracts call for, the gov ernment has decided to change Its plans and to construct at once a new harbor in the bay of Muggla of a ca pacity at least equal to that of the old one to the northwest of the city While the general expenditures of the government are steadily Increas ing from year to year, the per capita expenditures in proportion to popula tion do not depart far from a constant average. In 1S70, owing to war debts, etc., the per capita taxation for the government was $10, In 1SS0 $;.07. in 1890 $15.40, and in l'JOO $7.4. This year it is about $7. It Is said that the younger element of the Mormon church In Salt Lake City is rebelling against the intolerable tyranny of the Mormon elders. Ten young men. all officials of the church, have been expelled because they re fused to promise obedience In business and political affairs, and many others have been given seven days In which to submit or be expelled. Vmong the reasons given by Dr. James M. Whllon of New York, a life long religious writer and journalist. for the decline of the denominational newspapers is that "the daily press now supplies a great amount of reli gious news and prints many sermons," Thus giving to a greater number of caders all the religious news they iave time to read in the rush of life. The United States government has recently granted a suitable site for a union church building In the grounds of the United States legation at Pe- king. The Roman Catholic church has site in the French legation and is building a fine cathedral. The Greek Catholic church has a church building in the grounds of the Russian legation. fhe Established Church of England has for years had a church in the grounds of the British legation. The ship subsidy law of Austria pro vides bounties and premiums. Iron and steel steamships receive an annual bounty of $2.44 per ton. while the bounty of Iron and steel sailing ships s $LS:; and that of wooden and part ron sailing ships $1.23 a ton. Iron and steel sailing ships have their bounties ncreascd by 10 per cent If built in ustrian shipyards and by i!5 per cent if at least half thy raw material used lu their construction Is of Austrian origin. A Jury In the Washington county court at Montpelier, Vt.. has awarded Claude R. George, a student at Mont pelier seminary. $1,000 for the discom fort and Injury to his person which re sulted from a coat of tar and feathers. The evidence showed that George had been hazed by half a dozen students on the night of Jan. 12. 1)03. Tliey broke Into Ids room and after treating him roughly administered a light coat of tar and feathers. As an outcome George left the seminary, and several of the students were dismissed. a Caution Youth. "Bobby, your father wants to see you." The boy looked dubious. "Do I want to see him?" he asked. "How should I know?" "You ought to be able to tell by the look In his eye." Chicago Post. "So you were at Mrs. Marrable's din ner yesterday. Flossie. What was the menu like?" "I really can't tell you, for I didn't take any. It's a thing I very seldom touch "
