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,yq<e the pledge «4 the la-ague of the
■ < r<*»it is witli the desire topres«-rvcyou
Mbm tlie ingniful«! sufferiugs that conic
with Intemperance, and to secure y«»ur
happiness in this world and in eternity.
'I'he drink haidt has spread throughout
' the world ami counts its victims by
. huiidr«ls of thousands. There are JUX>
saloons in Han Francis«-» where men
aiai women can make beasts of them-
selves. These plnces thrive on the
degradation of the people; therefore,
the church sets itself against drinking.
Tlie saloon in the home—the sidelmard
where liquor is constantly found -must
lie condemned as an evil. At a birth,
from it liquor is disjtensed; at a mar
riage, from it liquor is dispensed ; ât a
death, from it liquor is dispensed, <>n
all important occasions liquor is dis
pen*«i, and it is degrading. It ia a
great evil against which the church
must make a bold stand. Temperance
is a virtue that must lie cherish«!. It
brings its blessings in thia life, and at
the hour of death it is never regretted
that one has been a sober man or
woman, boy or girl.”
BANIioN RE< olthîlî.
DEEE SEA ( I RREXTS
THE GULF STREAM ANC ITS COURSE
THROUGH THE OCEAN. »
|>>r Irregularities Are Known tu
Occur In Both the Direction auil In
(Be Velocity of Thl. Peculiar plier
ot the Atlaaile.
Seamen sometimes scein to forget
that even the most permanent of ocean
currents, are «sen -donnlly driven out of
their usual track by a succession of
strong winds from on«' direction, uml
the fairy tales with respect to the al
leged vagaries of the gulf stream told
so frequently only tend to show that
navigators rather too frequently re
gard that river lu the ocean as not less
firmly fix«l in velocity and direction
than if It were »owing to the sea be
tween banks formed by the solid earth
of our planet. As a matter of fuct,
ever since the gulf stream was first
discovered about four centuries ago it
was recognized by thoughtful naviga
tors that fixity of tenure did not and
could not bold for that vast body ot
relatively warm water cushioned off
from the Atlantic coast of America by
th«' colder waters of th«' Labrador cur
rent even as fur toward the equator as
Florida. Were it not for tlie gulf
stream, or, more accurately, the east
ern extension thereof, the average air
temperature in the winter would be
not less than 29 degrees below the
freezing point of water on u Fahren
heit thermometer registered at the
Shetland Islands. As matters stand
tlie presence of the relatively cold cur
rent from the Arctic wushing our
shores, Inside of the warmer gulf
stream, closes up the harbors of New
foundland at the same time as the gulf
stream extension Is keeping the Nor
wegian coast clear of ice even as far
to the northward as tlie North eape.
To put It another way, St. John’s,
N. F., is sometimes elos«l with ice
even us late In the year as June, while
Liverpool, which is 2 degrees farther
to the north, has never been in that
condition since tlie glacial epoch.
in fact, it lias been seriously sug
gest«! that by diverting the course of
the gulf stream Into the Pacific,
through the narrow neck of land join-
ing tlie two Americas, it would be
quite possible to freeze out a consld-
ernlde portion of Europe. The cool
Labrador current setting southward
from the Icy regions ndjncent to the
north pole iinpliig<*s with greater veloc
ity than usual upon the northern mar
gin of the gulf stream In certain years.
Cyclonic storms traveling up from the
southward deflect it also, and conse
quently the gulf stream, although prob
ably the most permanent of all the
great o«N?an currents. Is not invariable
either In velocity or in direction. Gen
erally speaking, this ocean river in the
lower latitudes of the Atlantic is driv
en westward by tin* prevailing easterly
Winds netlng upon the sea surfuee uu
til th«' western side of the gulf of Mex
ico Is attained. Then«- It follows the
land till an outlet is found through the
strait of Florida, which, being both
narrow and shallow, causes the veloc
ity of the current to Increase. Thence
It sw«-ps northeastward outsid«* of the
Labrador cool current hugging the
coast until the banks of Newfound
land are reached. About there the
gulf stream proper Is said to lose its
identity as such, but the warm waters
thereof are driven by the prevailing
westerly winds toward the United
Kingdom, Norway and even Spitsber
gen. Many Irregularities are known
to occur in both the direction and the
velocity of the gulf stream from time
to time, consiHjuent on wind changes
and variations in barometric pressure.
1’rlor to the age of chronometers most
extravagant views were put forward
by navigators and others In a hurry to
the effect that by tlie aid of an ordinary
thermometer the longitude could tie ac
curately determined If the shipmaster
would but trouble to take a series of
sen surface temperatures when in the
vicinity of the gulf stream. Similarly
the sea surface temperature was re-
gnn!«l In al>out the same geographical
po.ltIon us an Infallible guide to the
proximity of lee. Neither Inference is
true.
High temperature indicates
tropical origin and low temperature in
<11 cutes polar origin gt*ueral^- speaking,
but lieyond this it Is dangerous to pr«l
Icate.
The relatively warm water
may lie in a very abnormal position for
tlie iierlod of the year owing to nntnral
causes, and a full of 25 degress Fahren
heit is Hometimes experienced In a
short ship’s length on the mingling
places of the warm gulf stream ami
c«>l«l Iuibrador current on a beautifully
clear day without tlie slightest sign of
tee of any kind above th«' boundary line
of sea and sky. Many a sailing ship,
after vainly trying to rench New York,
has got badly lc«l up and run to the
warmer waters of tlie gulf stream to
tbnw out both hor crew and her gear,
but neither the tongltnde nor th«1 pres
enee of l«?e can la- rightly determln«'«!
solely by the nld of sea surface tem
perature«. Neverthelers »he use of the
Bra Hurtai-e tiiefihometer is not to tie
despised, becaus«' It is undonM«11y of
approximate nsHlstan«* In defining a
ship’s geographical position. The line
of separation of the two currents, tlie
cool Labrador and the warm gulf
stream. Is often noticeable either by
the vivid blue of the «alter gulf stream
in close proximity to the green rolor
of the fresher Izilirador current or by
the ripple on the margin. It Is sal«1
that a blockade runner from Wllmlng-
ton, N. C., when chased by a Federal
cruiser, manage«! to escape by tlie ob-
nervation of this frlendly ripple. The
blockade runner edg«1 Into the enr
rent more favorable for her. while the
cruiser kept in the adverse current nnd
lost the prize.—American Syren and
■hipping
J1M What Ednratlon la.
In a eeinp-'M.tlen upon "E.lu. itlon”
• boy «nre a t*ote, "Ed» :iti->n 1« going
to school. which 1» 1>clng m.-irkr-l ev
ery day and exnniiwsl on paper and
then promoted, and If you are a girl
you gradiVlte an<l have flowers, but If
you •!» a lioy p>u don’t have :! >w<
you only go to < oil. a» ” A sp. ■ «hat
unique, deplorable, but «♦mprqlienalve
■«Initlon.
If you want to get through life
siiKMitlily, serenely ami happily, you
must cultivate a eh«-rful ttispoiiitioii.
It may 1* very hard at first fur those
who have naturally a despondent vein
running through their natures; they
have much to overcome. The most
trifling thing in the every day events
of life will call forth tills d«q>oiid«-iicy,
which if not put down will eventually
end in melancholia — a disease that
liaflleH physicians ami fr«piently l>rings
the victim to the walls of tlie insane
asylum. When the disease reaches
this stage, it is tlie lieginniug ot the end,
nothing will lift the pall of gl«s>m that
hassettledover them butdeatli. But you
say, “ I have inherit«! my melancholy
disjsisition, then all tlie more reason
tliut you should shake oft' the shackles
tiial bind you, ami which if not curbed
witli a strong will ami determination
San Francisco is the place to see the
to break yourself of tlie habit will not
only wreck your life but make those consequences of intenqieranee in its
around you very unhappy. Every time worst forms. I have seen young girls
you throw oil’ a d«q>ond«-nt hksh I . ou not over fifteen or sixteen years stag
have scored one for victory and you gering on the streets in company with
will find it easier to banish it the next repulsive looking men, all under the ef
time; furthermore you will find the fects of liquor; boys who ought to lie at
attacks of melancholy growing farther home and asleep, being dragg«l along
and farther apart Don’t imagine for by their companions w ho were almost
a moment that this merry old world is as laid oil' as themselves, trying to lead
abusing you and lay all your trials an«i them, and steer them out of the way of
tribulations, all your gloomy grave IMilicemen who would have taken the
yard thoughts to it became you are whole bevy in a patrol wagon and
fated to live on this sphere.
You landed them in the City Prison tosolier
shouldn’t complain; if your thoughts up. Saturday night is a gala time for
were half as fair and your disposition those who love the cup that cheers but
half as sunny, you v^ould be a marvel who forget that it is also the cup that
of happiness; tlie trouble is we put a brings the racking headaches in the
blot on the pat t of tlie world we live in morning and a disgust for themselves
by living only in its shadows. We owe that they have fallen and given in to
an apology to those around us every a weakness that takes their hard earned
time we allow ourselves to fall into the week’s wages, and rolls their families of
depths of dispair. Look around and we the necessities of life. ’Tis a pity that
can always tind someltody worse oil’ these men should be paid off Saturday
than ourselves. We have our health, night, for if they had to report for duty
others are lingering witli every breath tlie next day they could not afford to
one of torture, and yet in their agony indulge. It is bad enough to see men
smiling at those who are ministering to staggering along tlie streets, but heart
them and reassuring them—that it is rendering to see a woman forgot lierself
not so laid ; it might be far worse. You to that extent. A woman not thirty
can gather roses by reaching out your years old was staggering along tlie
hand, you may have to stand on ti]»-toe streets at midnight in this city re
to reach the sunflowers that turn their cently, and in her arms was a dead
wise little faces to thesun witli all their baby which had died of neglect. The
petals expand«! to catch every nly of intoxicated mother thought tlie child
its brightness. You may have to go was sleeping. Hef neighbors stat«l
down oil your knees to find the shy, that site-had been drinking hard for
fragrant little violets nestled coyly in several «lays and they had had to give
their green leaves, but they pay you tlie hungry children left at home some
for tlie trouble and teach their own thing to eat.
little lesson of being satisfied with tlie
BRIEF REVIEW.
lowly places when they cannot reai-li
tlie heights. Everyone of us have our
Success o! Mosquito Campaign.
ambitions, but there is no earthly need
A striking example of the efficacy of
of falling into the depths of dispair lie
cause we fail to reach tlie pinacle of our 'exterminating mosquitoes to prevent
hopes and aspirations. It is not always disease is to Is? found in the cas«- of the
easy t<» make a joke of our misfortunes, yellow fever épidémie at Laredo, Tex.,
but 1 have seen people do it under the last fall. This city is situated on the
most trying circumstances. For in Rio Grande, with one part in Mexico
stance, I saw a man so sadly crippled and- the other on tlie American side of
tlie other day, that you could almost tlie boundary. The outbreak of yellow
wonder why he could have the heart fever in September was soon brought to
to ever smile again. Yet he had the the attention of the United States Gov
merriest face and tlie happiest voice ernment, and its medical officers im
imaginable, He had lost Isith limits mediately address«! themselves to tlie
just lielow the hips and was strapped problem, supervising all medical work
on to a little cart just big enough to on the Texas side of tlie river. Tlie pa
hold his body securely. With a piece tients attlicted with yellow fever were
of iron in his hand lie managed to pro- carefully screened, and a relentless
1 s-l tlie cart up ami down the sidewalks search was made for the mosquitoes,
and across the streets witli the gr«-at«?st all Infected premises lieing disinfected,
ease. With all his misfortune he was so as to kill the insects, and water pools
not a beggar, but sold pencils on the and other (siesible breeding places cov
street for a living. He had a cheery ered with oil. The result was that on
word for this one and that one as he the Texas side of the river only 10 per
passed. If you bought a l>elicil it was cent of the inhabitants suffered witli
all riglit, l>ut there were no sour looks if the disease, while in the Mexican part
you failed to put a nickel into his hands. of the city 50 per cent were afflict«!.
I saw tills sadly afflicted man approach So thoroughly' was the work done in
another man who bad l««'n injur«! in the American part of tlie city that in
tlie same way, l»otli of his lower limbs November no traces of tlie mos«|uit<>es
were gone, and he was also strapissl on could lie seen. As mosquitoes are re-
to his little cart and sold pencils fora s)M>nsilile for tlie transmission of dis
living. The first cripple slip;>«l up eases other than yellow fever, such a
quietly behind liis friend in trouble, record should Is1 encouraging to those
and slapping him on the back, said who have boni working to stamp out
cheerfully, “Say, old fellow, how’s • ’ the ]>est during the present season.
your corns?”
"Same as yours, I
Fat Cadets Barred.
guess,” said the man with a smile.
At Went Point it lias lieen decided
Day after day these two friends met
and exchanged greetings. They were that no’ fat cadet may go into the
always cheerful and seemingly happy cavalry, because he must lack the agil
and content«!. Other abte-lssi¡«1 men ity of the ideal horseman and must
pass«l them who apparently had every prove a burden to his steed. "Exces
thing to lie thankful for, but their faces sive weight,” says General Burton (inJ
were so hard and so devoid of all sym s|>ector), "is ruinous to a horse, is
pathy and kindness that they fairly cumbersome to a rider and weakens the
chill«! you; they had forgottoV.-lUDv..to -■ endurance of tlie individual.”
s-nije and if anything had tempt«!
•r Ancient Ceremony at Cork.
them to give.vent to a hearty laugh
Xn nnclent'-custonr still prevails in
they would have l>een surprised at the
<«^k. Every three years the Lord-
sound of their own voices.
1 saw this jovial disn<is!H‘.»'t .msiri-. Mayor proceeds in his state barge to
festisl by two crippl«! men in a street th«5 mouth of Cork linrlmr and throws
ear. One bad lost liis right limb just into the *sea'a (fart that has a gilded
bead »nd a shaft of mahogany. The
Is-low tlie thigh, and he had board«!
th«' car, taking a seat in the corner; a ceffcniony implies the dominion of h’s
few bliM-ks farther on a man Ixiaril«! I iiwii over the adjacent sea with all
inlets and islands.
tlie car wholiad lost his left limb in the
same way, and took his seat la-side the
• • Indian Rhinoceros.
other cripple before lie dliserved him.
The Indian rhinoceros is n«-nrly e--
When lu' «lid, hi' laughed heartily and
-tiii(;t. There are two spa-iniens ill the
said, “Say, Mr. Conductor, there's mdy
London Zoological Gardens and two
one whole man here, you can’t ring on the European continent. Very tew
two fares in for us.” Everybody in tlie are left in tTie Wild state in India and
ear laugh«!, and none more heartily
Aataun, an«l unless spa'ial measures
than tli«' two cripples ami the conduct, ’shall la* taken for their preser vat ion
tor. It was Itidlcrousbut no one would
they will soon disappear.
have dar«! smile at the misfortune of
th«-cripp1«l fm-ti if they had not broken
Slaughter of Rats
th«1 ice ami relieved the strain that, On the «locks of fjondon in one year
«•very one in the ’ear felt, l>uf were too 7i>,4rtB-wati» fia'A» lieen destroyed,' l»ut
l*»1ite ami too sympathetic to slio.v. the ni«iic*r'offieer of health for the
We can cultivate a fheerful, happy «1 • - port is doubtful whether that was as
position as well as we can a gloomy and iiiuvh gs the tjafural increase of births
sour one tliat freezes tlie kindly feeling over dcaUis, and more vig. »rotis HieflH-
of those we meet, ami it is a dufy’we i»r«y< ar« to Is? taken.
owe not only tooersclviv but toothers.
,
IriAnce by Phonograph.
Archbishop Riordan address«! a
The Vienna police are about to ex-
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large class of boys and jgirla on the teni- perim^ut with a phonograph in taking
|>qram‘e question the otl^er <fcy Mui ■ prisoner’s answers 1» questions ask«l
gave I Iasiii gixsl advice, which it .would in th«* preliminary examination, so that
Is- w«-U for all boys ami girls to hear and »ben the Mttual trial takes place there
heed. He said, "In •laiin«te«h^'to'
i«e no dispute as to what was said.
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FREYER’S PREDICAMENT.
A
WOMAN AND FASHION
l.uill<r«u> ln<l<lrul lu the Lite of
the Fumous I'alnter.
I isb I ku Fur a skirl.
Th«
ItandHosie. Wilts a«»*l s^ull«4
Sus ot HU-itasa Bsta«l«y.
This is nu excellent design for a
skill for plaid as well ns plain fabrics
At the east corner of Bolton street
It Is circular in shape ami may be of (now 81 l’lecadilly) thery tlouctebe«l
one or two piece construction. If made when the nineteenth century was still
of plaid goals it should be cut with the young a club «levot«*d to daud? ism.' di
ners de luxe aud high play, or. to s;«eak
cynically, the ruin of mind, body and
estate. It whs calk'd Waller's. Its
presiding geuiUM. or "perpetual presi
dent.” was Beau Bruuimel. famous for
his cravats, his quarrel with the prince
regent and his phenomeual good luck
at the then fashionable game of mn-
cao. tine evening be found the gam
ing table so full that there was no
r«s»m for him, but seateil there was a
friend of his whom he knew to be too
IKsir to play for tlie extravagant st ski's
affix-ted by tlie habitues ami who prob
ably would not have been there ut all
but for the rosy Influence of a good
dinner with plenty of wine. After u
wonl or two the frlemls changisl
plan's, an«! before long Bruuimel rose
the richer by fl.SiJO. This sum he
faithfully shared with his friend, say
ing, “There, Tom, go home aud give
youi wife am! brats a supper ami play
no more.” The action was kindly and
the advice goal. uml. though the words
lii«-k«sl somewhat respect, the pill was
ONE OB TWO PIECE SKIBT.
well glkl«i. Toni wus th«* handsome,
matched bias edges at center of front. witty, spoihsi sou of Richard Brinsley
Darts arrang«! In upper part give a Sheridan, of Toni it has been said
smooth fit over hips. Provision is in.uk that lie was endow«! with nil the wit
for Invert«! box plait or habit back of Ids father, all the cbarm of his moth
and for round or m«llum sweep. Black er and the goal looks of both. Few
and white plaid was acleded for the men s«s-ni to have been more universal
making, but several materials are suit ly lik«*d, and when George Colman
able, such as serge, in ihair. cheviot and wrote. "I love and esteem Tom Sheri
broadcloth. The medium size requires dan heartily and wish success to any
five and three quarter yards of forty- si-heim* In which lie Is lnterest«l." he
four inch material.
only expressed a general sentiment.
A few specimens of Tom’s wit have
Cloth CoMtuuioN In Favor.
been preserved. None is better than
A great many navy bin«1 cloth cos a reply to his foolishly indulgent fa
tumes are to lie seen. Generally the ther when remonstrating with him for
revers and collar ire in contrasting col sola«' Imprudence. The father ended
ors red, blue mid green velvet being by saying, “Why, Toni, iny father
the most worn. II ge and gray are would never have pernifttwl me to do
much In favor, mid t ere is a distinct such a tiling.” whereuism Tom repll«l
return to «'overt «-.Kiting ill public fa In n tone of assault'd indignation. "Sir,
vor. Some si:ur. t w >nien are wearing would you dream of comparing your
sack ba k e.iats in this material with father to mine?" — Longman’s Maga
tniniensi* pe rl butt >:is; others wear the zine.
same material made with tlie popular
“skirt” bas. ■:<■:. A remarkably pretty
THE LAND OF NICOTINE.
figure is reqmred to stand this Inno
vation. Skirts are almost without ex Snioklnir Seenn to De an Eanential
ception made with two »ounces very
Part of Japunewe Life.
slightly g > ed and bordered with rows
1 think every man. woman and child
of stltel log or bias folds of the ma in Japan smokes. This may be an ex
terial stitched. White cloth Is still aggeration, «specially as regards the
much vv«» i Women seem to cling to children, but ft is no exaggeration to
th mem i’-y of the successful “white" say that smoking Is as much a part of
sum:..er. g.nvn mid have transferred the everyilay life of the p«»ple as is
their fidelity only to a warmer edition er.tlng or drinking, and It Is Indulged
of the same charming fashion.
in by women with the same lnno«'nt,
nonchalant enjoyment ns Is exlilbitisl
Imitation Fur.
by the men. It was a bit of a shock
Among these new and most wonder to me when I first came to Japan to
ful false skins, which are also employ «"Ollie face to face with this fact be
ed for dress trimmings, coats and hats, fore I had an opportunity to form any
the crushed velours, with the markings sort of Impressions of the little women
of icily Iamb, are perhaps the most In whom I was prepar«! to be so in
Men. Ma y a smart evening coat Is tercsted. I bind«] at Nagasaki nnd
constructed of this pseudo skin. Ermln- almost immediately took a train for
«1 rabbit skin turns out Inexpensive Moji, whence I was to go for a trip
scarfs and fiat muffs, which velvet through the interior. It was early
rosettes and applications further en morning, anil, being in the midst of the
hance, and there are others of a silky rainy season, everything was soggy
plush so deliciously like chinchilla that
damp.
the simulation Is scarcely regretted.
The first class carriage Into which 1
wns shown was anything but first
For Houne Wear.
class; it was unclean and bailly ven
For real utility and ••ood appearance tilated, nnd Its only other occupants
the princess wrapper I h recommended, we«<> two Japanese ladies and a man.
and by the tasteful select ion of 111a- Tl'.c women bad evidently Just flnlslicil
terials It Is rendered qnlte correct for breakfasting in the enr nnd were now
afternoon or morning wear, The pat- sitting on their feet upon the seat ab
tern Is tight fitting, with dosing nt the solutely enwrnpp«! In clouds of the
aide. The front Is fitted by darts which most evil smelling smoke, which they
extend to the shoulder. This not only
puffed from long cigarettes. They were
beautifully <lrcsse<l In silk kimonos and
were undoubtedly gentlewomen.
1
knew that even then, when I lia«l si’en
so few. nnd I must confess I was rntlier
annoyed, because their daintiness
R«'ui«l to lie entirely destroyed. But
after n residence of months I think I
would rather see them smoke than not
They do It so daintily, so Innocently,
with such frank enjoyment, and so
constantly, that it seems a very part
of their quaint Japplness.—Eleanor
Franklin in Leslie’s Weekly.
John W. Preyer, the fatuous painter
of still life, was a remarkably small
siMs'Iinen of the genus homo, differing,
however, from ordinary dwarfs lu the
symmetry mid exact proi«orti«s* of all
the parts of bu diminutive frame.
When between twenty aud thirty
years of age his fresh, ruddy ami
beardless face ami the shrill ami boy
Ish tone of his voice caused people to
take hitn for a child of about eight at
the most. This illusion was still fur
ther heightened by Lis dress, a short
black velvet Jacket with a large turn-
down collar, over which his smoothly
parted hair bung in thick clusters.
When about this age Breyer paid a
visit to Munich in order to ins|a*ct the
art treasures in Unit city uud also t->
visit bls old patron, Master Cornelius,
a former president of the Dusseldorf
academy. When Preyer called at the
house of the latter be had gone out.
and tlie servant who bad answered
door ran to tell her mistress that a
tie boy was waiting outside to see
master. The lady went to B|>eak to
visitor.
"What is It you want, my child?” she
asked the painter, who at the approach
of the lady took off ills velvet cap ami
luade a deep bow, saying in a shrill
voice:
"1 wish to speak to Mr. Cornelius.”
“He is not nt home at present, but if
you will step inside you can wait for
him. He will not be long."
So saying, she took the little fellow
Into the parlor and offered him n stool
to sit on. In u short time the fair
hostess became quite cliarimsl with
her youthful visitor, and at Inst she
lifted him on her lap and listened with
Intense delight te the Innocent prattle
of the clever "child." Suddenly the
door opened. and Cornelius himself ap
peared. Taking In the situation lit a
glance, be cried
“Ab, gasl morning, Mr. rreyer.
How on earth did you get here?”
“Mr. I’reyer!" And with a shriek
Mrs. Cornelius Jumped up. tumbled
I’reyer on the floor and fled into the
next room, while Cornelius and l're.ver.
after the latter had picked himself up
again, laughed till the tears stream«!
down their cheeks. The former had
some difficulty in getting bls wife to
come back again. At last she muster
ed sufficient coxrage to allow herself
to be formally introduced to the
strange visitor, who was retained ns a
guest to dinner, over wldcli the amla
ble hostess presently regained her for
nier self possession.
A WINNING SCHEME.
The Power of Timid Beauty to !)!■-
arm Wrathful Shoppers.
A woman whose stern visage spelled
trouble, says the Philadelphia Record,
stepped up to the complaint de-k tn a
big store. Baek of tlie desk was a timid
miss one of those Dresden doll girls
who never seem to lose their baby ways
anil at the sight of the wrathful
shopper she seemed to shrink a bit,
while into her wide blue eyes came
what the poets would style the look of
a startled fawn. The indignant cus
tomer began a tirade about some mis
take that hail lxx-u made In connection
with a purchase, but her anger disap
peared when she saw how much the
shopgirl seemed to take the matter to
heart. Finally, after calmly explaining
th«' fault, she went away smiling. “It’s
a great scheme," remarked the observ
ant manager with the air of a man be
stowing bouquets on himself. “You
see. in every large business establish
ment there are bound to be mistakes
occurring “all the time. When cus
tomers come back and kick about er
rors they are usually In an unreason
able frame of mind. If there was a
man back of tlie complaint desk or a
strongmind«l woman, we’d have all
kinds of trouble smoothing out the
kinks, because the customers would
keep their fighting mood on when
they encountf’red somebody who looked
able to take care of himself. But to
go up against a pretty, timid girl dis
arms them, and In a minute they are
cool and ready to tglk over the situa
tion peaceably. The men kickers could
not raise a row with a handsome girl,
and the women—well, their motherly
Instincts are tonchai nnd they become
good humored.”
HEROISM IN ANIMALS.
It Is Not More l nconnuon Thau Is
Brute Muternnl Affection.
CURIOSITIES OF SUICIDE.
Trivial Condition r. Th nt Have Ted Ip
to Self Destruction.
It is a strange fact that nearly all
great men have a tiuge of melancholy
In their blood and nre subject at times
to periods of great depression. Napo
leon nt the beginning of his career was
In great financial distress and was pre
vent«! from drowning himself only by
the timely pecuniary aid of a school
mate. Bismarck is said to have de
clared after the battle of Sndowa that
he would have killml himself had the
Prussians been lieaten. and Byron
while writing "I'hiido Harold" declared
lie would have blown his brains out
but for the reflection that It would give
puawme to his mother-in-law.
The reasons for self destruction are
often very curious. Men have frequent
ly been known to put an end to their
Ilves to esca|x‘ toothache or other
pains, while the dread of disease has
b«*n known to aff«-t the mind to such
ini extent that the victim has destroyed
himself rather than face it. Weariness
of mouey and g w>d things to eat have
been the cause of suicide. One man
drowned himself In the Seine because
of the color of his hair, which was
flaxen, and another shot himself be
cause his clothes did not fit him. A girl
threw herself Into the Dnnube because
tier «impnnlons laughed at her corpu
lence. and n Frenchman took poison to
spite his mother-in-law Itecause she in
sisted iipdn living with him.
TOM toHERIDAN.
FBINCKHH WBA1TLB.
I
A Wonderful Memory.
Some years ago there was a strollln :
player at Edinburgh of the name o'
William Lyon, who bad a moat aston
ishing memory. He one evening made
a bet of a bowl of punch that he would
at the rehearsal next morning repeat
the whole of the Dally Advertiser from
lieginning to end. Being called on the
next day, he handed the newspaper to I
a gentleman present to see that lie re
peat«! every word correctly. This task
he accomplished without making tli«-
slightest error, through all the varieties
of advertisements, price of stocks, nevi
dents, ete.
gives excellent lines to the garment,
tut is eve? so moot ea râler tô îit tuuB
the old fashioned dart, Tlie model pro-
vldes a pointed collar, und it may be
made In high or point«! n«-k. Made of
blue cnshmere. with trimmings of
cream wool lace insertion and lace. It
Is quite elaborate enough for any wear,
but Its charm Is not by any means lost
when It Is developed of polka dot out
ing flannel.
'Thr Chiffon Roche.
Puffed chiffon ruHlings are a new
Idea and a good one. A puff of chiffon,
a band of lace and a ruffle of chiffon
and tliere’M a pretty cuff or top of taxi
ice without labor whatsoever. And
when used for cuffs they cpji tie turned
with the edge forward or back, ns the
taste prefers. They're very pretty, and
they are sure to sit well and to stay.
The price Is only $1 a yard.
Two Different Th I no«.
Nell—So she’s fallen In love with
young Roxley. Belle—You don't any I
Nell Why. surely you heard about it?
Belle—No. I merely heard she whs go-
Ing to marry him.—Exchange.
Rrlplna the took.
Boarding Mistress What are those
boarders grumbling about now? Serr
ant—They’re roasting the beef.—New
Torte Press.
•
Sfn lina many tool«, but n lie la the
handle which fits them all.—Holmes.
A writer on natural history complains
that men lire prone to regard mascu
line courage iu defense of others as a
virtue purely human. In reality self
sacrifice for the female sex or for the
young is part of the scheme of nature,
anil every male thing is strong and
splendid In appeurnni-e bccaus«* he is
the descendant of those who have
proudly held and guarded “the privi
lege of death.” Another writer tells a
story which illustrates this point. Two
entomologists, bunting nt night, clam
ber«! over a gate with their swinging
L.nterns anil found tlieniselves In a tlekl
filkil with sheep. The result of their
coming was panic nnd a furious stain-
ja-de. The sheep charge«! belter skelter
iway from tlie lanterns nnd lniddl«l to
gether nt the far end of the field. But
there wns a ram among them, nnd as
the flock scurried away this creature
stood firm, covering the retreat. Then,
steadily and majestically, the huge ram
advanced with lowered hea«l toward
the myxterlous lights and pressed them
hni-k t.«i the gate .This J.« only one
graphic story of many that might be
told of masculine courage throughout
nature. Man has some virtues which
anininla. so far ns we can Judge, know
nothing about; but heroism the pride
of nffonllng protection to the weak
and daring death for the ««»cnrlty of
tlie flock—is not n human nttribnte
alone, any more than Is maternal af
f«-t!on.
Debits nn«l Credits.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Millionaire proud
ly, “we married our daughter very
well, I think. We gave her n dowry
of $2.000,0<JO. and you have no Idea
how many noblemen there were after
her. She’s now a countess.”
“Y sb , I read It nil in the papers," re
turn«! Mrs. Cheerful smilingly. “We
didn’t give onr daughter any dowry nt
all. nnd she Is very happily married
td a successful young business man.”
“No dowry?”
“None. It wasn’t necessary. In th««
matrimonial market, you know. It de
pends on the girl whether she Is sc
cepted as a debit or a credit.”
Aftag the full meaning of this had
percolated through the lntell«-t of Mrs.
Millionaire a col<lp«ts seemwl to arise
nnd make itself felt. New York I’ress.
FACTS IN FEW LINES
There are many signs of a great «am-
i» n-iiil development lu the western la
lands of Alaska.
The United States pays nearly IL-
OtMl.otsi a day to foreign ship« for car
rying its products.
Rats glv«' trouble in thq London un-
<!<-i ki --ini,! railway by eaMag the rOe
her Insulutloii off the wires.
A Kunaus mail claims to have, a
swarm of I «as« that made twenty
pounds of honey in three days.
The army of school children in New
York Is larger by 100,000 than th«’
armies which fought at IJaojaiig.
The Birmingham (England! health
department furnishra f«-dlug Imttles
for the children of Impoverished pa
tients.
A man of Halifax. N. 8., wanted ii
vacation so badly that he pawned a
cemetery lot In order to pay the ex
penses of oue.
For manufacturing 150,<ks> bottles ot
“wine” out of chemicals and exporting
it as Hungarian wine a firm at Buda
pest lias b«-«'u fined $57,500.
Th«' Russian department of commerce
and nav lgatlou has ilecldtsl to aliovv
women to beconu1 employees In it ns
bookkw-pers and typewriters.
A Polish girl of Brooklyn went to
the cemetery to pray ut the grave of a
relative. While she was there n tomb
stone fell on her and klllal her.
The longest name In the world is be-
liev«l to b«' that of Miss Annie Keolio-
anaiikalnlnliueakiivveli'iiikaiiakii, whose
letters were address«! to Honolulu.
A girl who has worked in a restau
rant at Colorado Springs for a number
ilf years has Just come Into n tkly little
legacy of $2,000,000 from a distant
English relative.
link beams 1,000 years old recently
were removal from tlie Blue Bell Inn,
Bedllngton, England. They have been
made into handsome furniture by a
local manufacturer.
The skeleton market shows a slump,
anti prices have fallen sharply owing
to the Riisso-Japnuese war. Th«' Boer
war scut first grade skeletons down to
$17.50. They promise to be lower now.
A big searchlight Illis been placed in
tlie upper geyser basin of th«- Yellow
stone National park and is turn««d on
the ge.vsera when they piny nt night.
Th«' effect is said to be strangely beau
tiful.
The Royal Bunk of Canada lias b«'ii
given the contract of disbursing the
$31,000,000 borrowed by tlie Cuban
government to pay the veterans of the
army and other claims growing out of
the war for freedom.
Governor Gessler’s castle, ni'iir Kuss-
naclit, on the Lake ot I.tieerne. famous
in tli«' history of William Tell s ex
ploits, lias been sold to a company
which will convert tlie ancient strong
hold Into a modern hotel.
The natives of India take more aud
more to beer. Formerly the consuinp-
tion was very small. There are now,
however, many large breweries, and
last year tlielr combined production ng-
gregatwl nearly 9,000,00») gallons.
Paul Reimers, a German dt'corator,
was so fond of reading Ills Bible in
working b >urs that the foreman took
It away from him nnd found between
the leaves a large umount of g«>l<l leaf.
Reimers bad been stealing regularly.
There la activity, combined with anx
iety, in Lancashire (England) coal
mining circles. Many of the mines
are near to the exhaustion point, and
explorations In search of new ones
are being carried on that will cost n
large sum.
Rio de Janeiro’s health department
!n an effort to abate n plague of rats
offered 10 cents for every dead rat.
Tlie consequence was that a syndicate
was formed for the Importation of the
vermin, nnd it wns making money
when It was exposed.
On tlie doi-ks of Ixindou In one year
70.800 rats have been destroy«!, but
the medical officer of health for the
port is doubtful whether that was as
much ns the natural increns«' of births
over deaths, and more vigorous meas
ures are to be taken.
There Is a big Maltese cat In th«' rail
road shops at Indianapolis which is the
pet of all the railroad men in that city.
She is said to have killed 10,000 rats
and mice In her time, but now she has
adopt«! a family of four baby mice
and Is carefully bringing them up.
The so call«1 "sweet potato" is no
potato at all, but belongs to an entire
ly different family, being truly an en
larged root of a creeping, twining vine,
which lias a blossom something like a
morning glory. Sw«>t potnt<s'H nre
richer In starch and sugar than the
common potato.
The greatest of the world’s manu
factories of hairpins Is at l’alnswick,
a village in tlie Stroud valley, at the
foot of the Cotswolds. There are no
fewer than 300 persons employed In
turning out these trifles of the boudoir,
and hundreds of automatic machines
nre In constant operation transforming
mill's of •»ire into tons of finlalied pins.
A French consul from Chinn, Inter
view«! by the Purls Eclair, says that
(lie work of the Japanese In China Is
Immense, and its effects nre already
striking and disquieting for Europeans.
Everywhere Japanese are to be found
ergatUzlag the sour.-try and lustruetlag
the people. These Instructors net ns
spies nnd have even push«! down to
the French Tonkin frontier.
The Canadian authorities nre <!<>)lg1it
ed over the success of their experiment
in Instructing their fishermen In the
Scotch methods of catching nnd pack
ing herring. A shipment to New York
of Canadian herring put up by Pro
fessor Cowie and his Scotch fishermen
at Canso brought from $12 to $15 n
barrel, which Is equal to the hlghe t
price obtain«! for Scotch or Norwegian
herring. The ruling price heretofore
received for tlie Canadian catch has
been from $5 to $d.
The Voice of the Worltllfr.
"Poverty 1s no disgrace,” said the ro
mantic young woman.
"No," answer«! Miss Cayenne, "and
It Is no great recommendation eltho-."
—Washington Star.
He who gives tip the smallest part
of a secret has the rest no longer In hl»
power.- Richter.
That Is ths tTng«ly of every wom
an’s life She Is pretty for a few
years and ol<f for a great many.—Mrs.
Cralgie.