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Last year .lapan Imported foodstuffs
ex<e.illug ovcj ¿.'ffpoi.uuu in value.
I Knowing His
Business
Chinese labor la said to bq proving a
An Autumn Day.
great success In South Africa—for the
By A. D.
With her remembered smile she comes
mine owners and the cooly owners.
again,
SAVER
Unhurtful autumn, still and pa/iStonleMS.
Jura whose language Is Spanish
Whose temperate heart hafn known its abound in the east. Constantinople has
sting of pain.
5X<MJO, Salonika 50,000, Smyrna 22,000.
But not the cruel madness of excess
One of the peace delegates to the
Softly and gravely falls her tender kiss
On leaf and dower that, unaware of Boston convention says that woman's
IGHT was falling in the San
love for brass buttons Is the chie.f
death.
Carlos valley. Already in the
Believe their days must always know the cause of war.
bliss
canyon where the Overland
The
whole
Yukon
country
Is
excited
And benlson of her renewing breath.
express wound around the
over recent gold discoveries on ltose-
No maiden charm hat she, but the fair bud ereek, a tributary of the lower rocky spurs it was dark enough to
show the triangle of red lights on the
rni.m
Of one grown rich in loving; voice and Stew art river.
rear sleeper.
face
The progressive policy of the u nicer1 At Sadler Tom Burns had taken the
And bearing of a queen, the more a queen includes the appointment of women I i
train to haul up grade to Casa Grande
Because she rules with such simple
doctors at Kabul uud the use of electric! and thence down to Loe I’lnos, the end
grace.
•
power In his gun factory.
of bls run. Tom had taken trains
And those who long for hard adventures,
The Western Passenger association through the mountains for many years,
yearn
To try their strength and bear the pangs has granted a rate of a cent a mile for but so far in his career he bad never
of strife.
the Grand Army encampment to be met that terror of the railroad and ex
Bhall touch her wistful mouth and, glow« held in Denver next summer.
press company, the train robber of the
Ing. turn
The city of Reading. England, has Sierras.
Into the stony highway, lords of life.
—Pall Mall Gazette.
passed an ordinance requiring that
At Mogoilan the locomotive stood
baths shall be placed In all dwelling hard breathing under the water tank,
War.
houses constructed within the borough while Pease, the express messenger,
And this Is war!
In future.
came forward and watched Tom oiling
The vengeful spirit of an ancient race.
A motor ear speeding on a road near bls engine.
Clad In brave armor, wounded In Its
pride;
Huntingdon, England, turned a com “Hello, Sam!” said the engineer as he
The joy of battle In Its mailed face.
plete
someiwault, landing upon its poked the long nose of his oil can
Driving Its foemen like a rising tide
That swirls the sea folk on the curving wheels, which were smashed, The among the frames of No. 47. “Carryin’
beach
any coin with your boxes tonight?"
driver received fatal injuries.
And leaves them stranded there to rot
“Dry up, Tom,” returned the express
In a dairy near San Francisco the
and bleach.
other day an overloaded hayloft col- messenger irritably. “It’s none of your
And this Is war!
lapsed upon sixty cows that were In a business what you haul, is it?”
A peaceful highway on a sunny hill,
"Got some aboard then, eh?” 'augbed
barn beneath and either crushed or
A tile of busy ants that bravely toll
Tom. “Well, I reckon there’ll be a few
Until they meet their fellows—stop to smothered to death all of them.
kill—
The French government employs 17,- of them mountaineers a-lookln’ for us
And then march onward with the rob
148 people in Its state tobacco facto some of these trips.”
ber spoil.
“I haven’t got much tonight, but
When from the clouds a sudden, driving ries. Fifteen thousand seven hundred
somehow I feel queer. Don’t know why
rain
of these are women. There are also 714
Sweeps them, unheeding, to the flooded
I should. I’ve gone through with more
directors, foremen and overseers.
plain.
plenty of times.”
Kansas Is getting nenrly as bad as
Big Tom finished oiling and put the
And this is war!
Kentucky when It comes to titles. Ev cap on bis oil can.
An eddy in the dust, a troubled pool,
ery
one
In
Kansas
now
has
to
have
A pebble in the river's mighty flow—
“Don’t you hev no presentiments,
Man’s feeble effort, like the painted fool.
one. and the men who run the soda
To prove that he Is master of the show; fountains are now known as engineers. Sam,” he remarked, looking around at
the lovely country about the water
While laws immutable uplift the clod
In China spurious coin may be law tank.
And mold him to the purposes of God!
—Robert Bridges In Collier’s Weekly.
fully manufactured when it Is Intended
"All ready thar, Jim?"
to be placed in the coffins of the dead.
The fireman on the tender nodded
Two Bravo Soldiers.
The Chinese believe that these bad
Two brave little soldiers, so weary and coins make the dead just ns hnppy as and swung back the spout
“Keep your eye open, Tom, on the
worn
good coins would.
With marching and battling all day,
mountains,” said the express messen
Were climbing a hill that was cold and
One of the new sports in England Is ger as he started back to bls car.
forlorn
falconry with motor cars. The sports Two hours later the heavy train was
And striving to got up halfway.
men go out in their motors with fal pounding the grade within a few miles
The grit of the hill sand blew into their cons and goshawks on their wrists and of the divide. When he sighted the
shone.
await the advent of the game that is signa) lamps of the siding where the
In noses,
mouths and in eyes,
But. try a> hey would, not a path could driven toward them from the coverts eastbound No. 5 should pass him, Tom
they t •use
which the roads adjoin.
sent the air to the wheels to hold her
That had not some hateful surprise.
Owing to the use of artificial indigo, until the switch was opened and he
The hill must be conquered, for Just at manufactured In Germany, the produc could pull into the siding. Here and
the top
tion of natural Indigo has greatly di there a passenger dropped off the steps
There lay a fair land the/ would gain,
Where poor, wornout soldiers could all minished In East India. The latter of the Pullmans to look up at the fan
country last year exported only «5,000 tastic cliffs above them. The con
make a stop
And reSt 'neath a White counterpane.
hundredweight of this article against ductor went Into a little shanty serv
ing as a telegraph office for the use of
They broke down completely from hard 170,000 hundredweight in 1897.
work and care;
American investigation has shown passing trains. There was no operator
They had to “stack arms” for awhile
that yellow fever germs are dissemi at that point, but most conductors
tn front of a campfire that sprang up
nated by the mosquito, and now the could make shift to report their trains.
somewhere
After a time he came out and went
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
And blazed forth In true army style.
Is about to send a second expedition along to the engineer.
When out from a thicket that lay in the
“Here's a train order, Tom. Funny,
to the Amazon to discover If possible
rear
the actual cause of the disease. At but they were calling when I went tn.
A nurse, clad In white cap and gown.
Came forward and called them "my pet Para, on the Amazon, the disease Is Usually I have to spend ten minutes
and my dear,"
constantly present in a greater or less getting the dispatcher to take my re
And picked up these soldiers so brown.
port.”
degree.
Burns took the rough scratch of copy
With sponges and lotions the kind nurse
The
“
Gnostics."
a
religious
sect,
has
soon cured
Incontorated and established what is that was hi tided him and read:
These soldiers of grime and of woe.
Division Headquarters, Nov. 6, 183—.
And clean as the clothing they meekly to be the “White City and Temple" In
Tr. No. S, one hour late. Tr. No. 2 will
endured
the
Hermosa
tract,
north
of
Redondo,
pass 5 at Sandslde 7:14.
They sped up the hill we all know.
southern California. Biblical directions
R. P., Div. Dispatcher.
Just there at the summit that peace was for the purchase were found in the
Burns climbed Into his cab and read
In sight
prophecy of Zacharias. The plans of the order again. Then he pushed back
Which soldiers will fight tq command.
And so they both slept. Whilst stars the society are given out in a booklet his cap with a grimy hand and pon
lent their light
entitled "The Imperial Council of the dered. Finally he hailed the con-
To show them to happy dreamland.
Empire of Peace.”
“Git back on to that cnyinc.”
ductor, “Say, Bill I”
Charles W. Irish of Nevada has dis "What’s the matter, Tom?” The en- on the track. The Impact of the nearly
What wars and what victories must be
ahead
covered In the tithing house in Salt gineer did not reply, and the con- stopped train threw some of these off.
Of soldiers so small and so brown,
Lake City a famous bell that over tifty ductor hurried forward into the gloom. The locomotive mounted slightly on
Who. gaining through effort the heights
years ago was transferred from the
"Bill, I reckon we’d better not leave.” the others and finally ceased to move.
of a bed.
old capital of Iowa. In Iowa City, to
“Not leave! Why not?” asked the
Courageously lay their Ilves down
Burns and his fireman Jumped down
—Elvira Floyd Froemcke In Buffalo the tower of the Presbyterian church, conductor.
Just
in time to gaze into revolver muz
News.
from which It was missing the morning
"Well, I don’t like that order.’’
zles.
“What’s wrong with it?”
nfter a band of Mormons, westward
“Git back on to that engine an' head
A Fireside Song.
bound, passed through the city, Mr.
"It ain’t like R. P. to say why an down the canyon. We’ll clear the
Give me a pipe, a light, a book,
Irish will try to have Utah return the order's changed. Usually It’s just an track," said one of the holdups.
A log that biases merrily,
A corner by the chimney nook,
bell to Iowa.
order on’’— Burns hesitated a mo
“Guess you hev the say, pardner,”
A comfortable chair—ah, me.
Steps have been taken to annex the ment and then said, "Well, Bill, you answered Burns promptly and ro
What of the storm that shrieks without!
National Union Printers’ home, uear know we’re carryin’ somethin’ tonight” mounted his cab. One of the revolvers
Such spirits of contentment thrive
In me I’m half inspired to shout,
“Tom, you've lost your nerve. That was pressed Into the small of bls back
Colorado Springs, Colo., to the city.
“ *Tls good, 'tis good to be alive!”
as he went up. He knew what was
This will be an advantage to both the order Is all ight”
"No, I a n't lost my nerve either. meant. He must start down the can
Institution and the municipality. The
The storms grows fiercer, and I slip
From out my comfortable chair
trustees of the home have accepted There's somethin' about that order yon with three desperadoes in bls enb
And slyly take a modest nip
plans,
for the Cummings Memorial li that don't seem natural. I call it a and the express car trailing behind,
From the well filled decanter there
leaving the rest or the train staneu m
brary, and work will begin on the forgery.”
Till, tingling through my joyous veins.
"I'll go over and call up R. P. He'll the mountains. Then when a conven
The chariots of gladness drive
structure as soon as the remaining $12,-
With eager stveds and loosened reins—
000 necessary to complete the building know whether he sent his order or ient spot was reached there would be
Ah, then ’tis good to be alive!
not”
the dynamite, destruction and death
fund Is secured.
While the conductor was gone several probably to Sam Pease, the express
To own no inan. to own mine b use.
The sublime porte, tired apparently
To be content with mine own lut.
of continuous flgliting with the Al passengers came forward to learn the clerk, and the loss of thousands of dol
To know no being, man or mouse
lars.
banians without obtaining any result, cause of the delay.
May bld me do what I would not;
The conductor came running back.
To know the power of tyranny,
When the last of these Ideas had
seems to have adopted the more in
Td know I’ni monarch here, no gyve
sidious plan of weeding out the chiefs "I got R. P. easily enough. He repeated flashed through Burns' head. Ids foot
Of d. inning debt to fetter mo—
Osman Pasha, one of the most power the order, and here it is.” The new was on the platform between the en
Ah, mo, ’tie good to be alive!
gine nnd tender and the bundle of
ful chiefs in Albania, has arrived nt message ran:
To laugh at fame and scoff at wealth.
Cert. Order’s all right Come along Jim's coal shovel invitingly near. There
Scutari, ostensibly on a visit to the
To envy none, to feel the free
R. P.
was n sudden twist of the engineer's
governor of the province. He is stated quick.
Ami joyous leap of strength and health
Burns eyed the scratch with a suspl laxly, a fierce motion in the dark, the
In every pulse that bents In me.
to be really, however, in a condition of
To bow my head in thanks to God,
glided exile, and many other chiefs are clous eye. Then he picked up his lan report of a pistol. Something slipped
To dream, to hope, to toll, to strive—
believed to (>e threatened with similar tern and oil can and started to work on from tlie steps of the locomotive and
Ah. me. it were a soull ss clod
the engine again.
lay groaning beside them.
That Is not glad to be alive!
treatment
"Hurry up, Tom,” cried the conduct
Then commenced a fusillade of shots,
The longest fence In the world Is
To hear a woman’s rustling gown.
To bld her come and sit witli me.
probably that which has been erected or. "We can’t lay here all night We'U many of them from the direction of the
express car. People poured out of the
To crAve no honor or renown
by a cattle company along the Mexican tie up the road.”
But in her heart and memory;
coaches, but the Pullmnns were locked.
"I ain't finin’,” growled Burns.
border.
It
is
seventy-live
miles
In
To put my pipe or p per by,
"Man. you’re crazy! There’s the or It was a southwestern crowd, conse-
length and separates exactly for Its en
To taste the honey in the hive
der
and the order repeated.”
quently anned, likewise looking for
Of klsres -ah, *tls then that I
tire distance the two republics. The
"I've been runnln' on this road long trouble, In much less time than It
Know ’tis so good to be alive!
fence
was
built
to
keen
the
cnttle
from
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running across the border and falling before you fellows knew a Tonto from reads a number of would belraih rob-
an easy prey to the Mexican cow S toadstool.” said the engineer, “an’ I bers wore climbing the neighboring
Good Nirbt.
punchers.
Although it cost a great deal know old R. P.’s orders. He never sent hills.
Good night? Ah. no; the hour Is 111
When the last had disappeared, the
of money, it Is estimated that cattle no such message as that an’ here’s
Which severs those it should unite.
conductor stumbled up tn Borns.
where
I
stay
till
No.
5
comes
along.
”
Let u» rnw.',»*n together **!!!, -
enough Hlil be saved lu out) year to"
Then It will be good night.
"I order you to pul! out” said the
more than pay for It
•‘Tom, this has been a big day for
conductor.
How can I call the lone night good.
you. Hello! Here’s one of them, eh!
Tom
Bums
made
no
reply,
a
crown
Grrnt
Men.
Though thy sweet wishes wing its
I
flight?
It is a matter of common observation began to grow about the engine, urging Shot ?”
“No; jest bangfcd with a shovel,** an
Be it not said, thought, understood.
that nt the passing of the great men of upon Its members the advisability of
That it will be good night.
swered Burns, working away at the
pulling
him
from
the
place
and
letting
each
generation
there
is
a
pessimistic
To hearts which near each other move
wounded robber.
From evening close to morning light. feeling prevalent that "there were gi the fireman haul the train. A person In
”1 want you to come over this side a
The night Is good, because, my love.
ants tn those days.” But the feeling remarkably well fitting clothes now
nn n ent and see something that will
They never say good night.
pushed his way to the front
has
never
had
any
warrant
in
the
ac
—Shelley.
“See here, engineer,” said he, "do surprise you,” continued the conductor,
tual deficiencies of the oncoming gen
starting across the track.
you know who I amt’
erations.
Orators
have
come
and
gone
Life.
‘’What’s this?’* asked the engineer a
Burns glanced carelessly down and
and
statesmen
have
come
and
gone,
A train of gay and clouded days.
moment later, handling a curious little
Dappled with joy and grief and praise. and sometimes their immediate inc- replied:
"Stranger, I don’t keep track of ev- box attached to some wires which dis
Beauty to fire us, saints to save,
censors have not been discernible. But
Escort us to a little grave.
•ry
dude what travels over this road.” appeared among the rocks.
In time the men have emerged who
— Emerson.
“That’s a tap, Tom. Those chaps tap
"Ism George Richardson.” continued
have taken their places and who havs
ped the telegraph, and here’s where the
the
carefully
dressed
man,
“
and
i
Improved
upon
the
patterns
they
left
"I see that an eastern editor says
stockholder in the company. Unless yot orders we got were manufactured.”
that as a matter of fact women form J —Dea Moines Register.
“So them fellows planned to her ui
clubs simply as an excuse for eating
tn oid times the Saxons used to start Immediately I shall report yom run Into Five on the down grade an’
conduct
to
the
authorities.
”
and drinking between meals."
dance around an apple tree on Now
“That’s right; fire him!” yelled • few then plunder the wreck,** said Burns
"Horrid thing! Is he married or sin Year’s eve, singing a song. This was
thoughtfully.
of the nearest
gle?"
suppose<! to Insure a good crop. Also
“It was only your fault that they
“
Well,
George,"
said
Burns,
“
the
onlj
"Why?”
bells were rung to notify the people
didn’t,** said the conductor.
stock
I
ever
held
was
a
new
branded
“Because if he's either he doesn’t de of tic going out of the old and the
Twenty-four hours later Tom Burna
serve to bd.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
coming In of the new year. Another steer down in El Paso. Just you wall stood on the carpet before the desk of
until
you
get
to
the
authorities
befort
ancient custom In some parts of Eng
the general superintendent, nervously
I
Wh.t*« the Answer»
innd was the opening of The bouse you report me, will you?"
twisting his cap between his hands. Be
Something in the confident banter ot
Jokeley—Here’s a cdtrundrum fol d xzra tha^ faced the west to let out
side the functionary of the road sat
you. Cokeley—Let’s have it. Jokeley the old year, while the doors on the the engineer nnd tn his mysterious sun the carefully dressed man. the stock
plcion
calmed
the
indignation.
Thers
—If "time Is money," wliat la an eight >l>p>slte side were opened to usher In
holder of the company.
I was n momentary hush, and a little
day clock worth? Philadelphia Ledger. tfe upw year.
•’Burns,” said the superintendent se
child from th«- sleeper suddenly said:
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r tr SWt «»« four boors late
"I’apa. I hear noxzer train cornin' ” I v« rely.
Far up the cmyuii III ,.| i! •; i : i, ' yesterday. What’s the explanation?”
“Ji st a bin.gle at a holdup in the Sai
ble was heard. Loud . .,. | ,l(| t
blew down on 11 m * co . i u _ ¡. u .. n, Carti',” replied Burns.
“You don’t »c-ta to take advice kind-
rails began to sing. A shrili sir. u tai g
among the cliffs. Then the headlight I ly, do Jou. Burns?" cuntinutsl the super
blazed into view, and with a blinding intendent. “For Instance, yesterday
whirl of wind and sand Ntk 5. east you wouldu't take the advice of nearly
a hundred itassettgers, including a di
bound, thundered by.
The crowd stood amazed till ■Oil It n-ctor of the road.”
“1 know my business,” replied the
one, realizing what they had been
| engineer, a t’ can attend to it without
saved from, yelled:
"What’s the matter with the en any ad- -e.”
“How long have you had an engine?”
gineer?”
"About fifteen years," was the an
Tire roar that followed showed con
clusively that the majority thought he swer.
“That is too long, much too long,”
was all right.
Burns lost no time in starting as said the official. "1 am going to give
soon as he could get his hands free you something different. Tomorrow you
from the clasps of the men about him. will receive papers appointing you su
For some’ .me they rumbled on up perintendent of the San Carlos division.
the grade, the express car in darknesr We need a man there who knows his
giving no hint of the agent sitting business.”
there with a Winchester across hie
Trse Mates.
knees, listening through the whir of
wheels for the sound of brakes.
Y’our earnest, manly man doesn't
Over the summit of the pass and want a woman for a wife who bus to
down the western slope the heavy be coaxed or won with sweetmeats
train slid along, Suddenly Burns in and wooing, cooing words. She might
stlnctlvely closed the throttle and ornament bis home, but he fears that
grasped the brake lever. Far ahead a she might Insist on being coaxed to get
red lantern swung to and fro arrow up in time to get breakfast or maybe
the track.
to eat it after he had it ready.
For an Instant the great perplexity
When two have become well ac
of a great crisis showed itself on bis quainted they will soon know whether
face. Then muttering, “1’11 risk it they are mated or not, and tills they
anyhow.” he pulled back the throttle will know so well that you can’t con
again, and the train rushed on. Vig vlnce them otherwise. He doesn’t fall
orously «wut*. the reti ll.im of u.-i:■•_rei down ou his knees and plead with her
but Burns yelled over the toiler to his to give lilm her heart, for be knows she
fireman;
hasn’t the giving of it. Her hand is
"Track's clear, Jim, but lock out for all that she controls, and he pretty
their lead!”
nearly knows what she will do with
Both men crouched in the cab. But It
no shots were fired. Burns glanced up
Those who are really mated and are
suddenly nnd shut off the steam. A of equal social standing don't have to
dark mass was taking shape oil the propose—at least, not in so many words
track.
—tor they know each other’s heart so
“Stand by io Jump that, Jim!” the en well that they have come to a perfect
gineer said sharply.
understanding without saying a word
The train w... 1 lading and pounding about marriage.
under the force of the hard applied
Such as these never become jealous,
brakes. With fi litful rapidity the because they have entire confidence in
mass ahead seemed to near them. In each other, nor do they net silly or
the gloom It appeared to be a laby want to make a grand spectacle of
rinth of bean s and girders hopelessly their wedding or anything of that sort.
tangled. In reality It was a few ties Their sole thought seems to be of the
and an old rail or two heaped hurriedly home they are going to establish and
of the useful, happy life they believe
to be before them.
It matters little whether such ns
these have any money or not, for they
are satisfied to work for what they
need, and they will get it surely.-
Pittsburg Gazette.
.Sy
NEW SHORT STORIES
i
(oiiiilr).
“Ireland is u «t s> dangerous a coun
try to travel in as it us.il to tie,” said
Victor Flerbert. “The Irish are not
such tire eaters now as they once were.
"Samuel Lover, tli* Irish novelist
Was my grandfather, ai-d ’. e In middle
life had in Ireland an ex|ierience that
illustrated well the |a-rils of travel at
that time.
"My grandfather was on the way to
Cork. He was traveling by coach, an.)
on a certain day he stopped for lunch
«on at a roadside inn.
“A servant led him to an upstairs
room, took bls order and retired.
"My grandfather drew up his chair
to tlie table, and soon the servant, re
appearing. set before him a plate that
contained half a grilled chicken. My
“ he ’ s safe I
he ’ s safe !”
grandfather was about to fall to upon
the chicken when—cr-r-rack—his plate
split clean across, and the fowl shot
up nearly into the ceiling. At the
same tlma a waiter, pale and tremu
lous, ran Into the room, crying: ne’e
safe! He's safe!’
“ ’Who’s safe?1 said my grandfather
testily.
“‘Mr. O’Musgrave,’ said the waiter.
ODD CHINESE CUSTOM.
‘The captain fired in the air.’
It IB Etiquette to Belittle Oneaelf
“It was, you see, the bullet of a
and One’»» Service»«.
duelist, and of an Indoor duelist at
In China, as in .Japan, custom re that, which had come up through the
quires that oue who lias.performed a ceiling and Interrupted my grandfa
meritorious service should belittle it. ther’s meal.”
and one who has been seas ted for hon
A Poor Remedy.
ors should declare liimW.f unworthy
President Flnerty of the United Irish
Who can imagine an American office-
bolder writing sueli a letter of accept League of America was talking during
ance as this, which the biographer of the recent New York convention about
Li Hung Chang quotes from Tseng a remedy for Ireland that he did not
Kwo Fan, appointed viceroy of Nan approve.
kin:
"It is a senseless remedy,” he said.
"Being of no ability and having not "It Is an Illogical remedy.”
withstanding been intrusted with the
He smiled. Then he went on:
most important duties, I have, as I
“Suppose you were a gardener. And
tottered along, failed to do anything suppose you got a position with a man
meritorious.
whose front garden contained a heap
"When some years ago I went to of stones and rubbish—the ruins of a
Sbaugtung I did uot succeed 111 subdu wall or outhouse or something of that
ing the Nlenfel, but returned to Nan sort.
kin and was ever after ashamed of
"And suppose your employer should
myself. Last year I was graciously say to you:
nominated viceroy of Chill, but I
“ 'James, my son, I don't like the
made unsuitable appointments, mis looks of this great heap of refuse here
managed the army and failed to do auy In the front of the garden. I want you
good for the Yellow river. I tremble to dig a hole and bury it*
as I think of my blunders, and in con
"You would reply, naturally enough:
sequence I am overwhelmed by the
“ T can dig a hole and bury It sir.
gracious order which directs me to re But what will I do with the dirt from
sume my former important post and the hole that will be left over?’
thus displays your majesty's confidence
“Suppose In this difficulty your em
In me Instead, as would be Just, of ployer should consider a little while
reprobating me for my worthlessness and then say:
and dismissing me.”
” ‘Dig the hole big enough to hold
As It happened, this was from one dirt and rubbish both.'
of the most honest and best beloved
“You wouldn’t think that much of a
Chinese who ever governed Nankin remedy, would you?” —Los Angeles
and was almost worshiped by the peo Times.
ple of the province.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
An awkward man In society is usu
ally a thoroughbred in business.
The only case of overwork we know
of, though many claim it. Is that of the
growler.
A great many people tell not the way
a thing Is, but the way they would
like to have it.
To win in this world yon must have
more confidence In yourself than you
really amount to.
Here is the mark of one who boards:
Search him, and you will find some
thing to eat In bis pockets.
Give father credit for one thing at
least—at bis place at the table there
are no wads of chewing gum on the
underside.
When you attend a circus turning a
somersault looks easy, and when you
attend a lacttire talking in public looks
easy.—Atchison Globe.
The Lease of Life,
A Frank Admission.
The Rev. Dr. George P. Mains of the
Methodist Book Concern was talking
about volumes of sermous that had
been profitable and popular, says the
New York Tribune.
"Not many ministers, though,” he
said, "are able to put upon the market
profitable and popular volumes of ser
mons.”
Then Dr. Mains smiled.
"I am reminded,” he said, “of an eld
erly Scottish minister. At an evening
gathering a certain volume of sermons
came up for discussion, and It was
stated that the author of the volume
bad cleared something like £500.
"At this the old minister's wife
leaned over and whispered to him:
“ ‘My dear, I see nothing to hinder
you from printing a few of your ser
mons too.’
" They were all printed lang syne,'
the old minister whispered back.”
Oenerat Sherman a Benefactor.
My uncle. General Sherman, was
very fond nt attending the theater. He
also objected strongly, alflng with the
rest of us lesser mortals, who dare not
express our real thoughts, to having
bibulous, selfish men stumble and push
over his knees to get out betweeu*the
acts. One evening a young man with
the clothes and voice of a gentleman
began to crowd bls way to the aisle
from the end of a row In which Gen
eral Sherman was sitting.
"I beg a thousand pardons, general.”
he said as he readied my uncle, "but
may I get by you?"
"Yes,” said my unefe coolly as he
straightened bis knees l«hind the
young man, "If you don’t come back.”
The general enjoyed the rest of the
play In pence and received the heart
Mere Then Skin Tlnht.
Senator Joe Blackburn, who was felt thanks of every one In the row —
quite a dandy In bls younger days, Helen Sherman Griffith in Lippincott's
once ordered a pair of trousers from Magazine._______________
Mot Critical.
his tailor, and ns the fashion then was
Ta your busband's condition crltl
to wear tight nether habtlaments be
emphatically demanded that this par calF
ticular pair be skin tight In due time
’’No," answered the patient looking
the trousers were sent home and tried woman. “That’s what makes me think
on, whereupon the senator sent for the be must be elck. He doesn't find any
tailor and proceeded to open fire. fault at all.**—Washington Star.
"What In the blankety blank blank
have you done with these trousersF be
The Professor.
demanded. “You told me to make them
"Certainly,” dbserred the doctor la
skin tight sir,” faltered the tailor. reply to a question, "tight ladng, habit
“Yea; but by the great horn spoon, you ually practiced, often cat»es red noses “
overdid It” roared the senator. ”1 can
"But light tasting, habitually prac
•It down In my skin, but I cun t In ticed, causes more of them,” replied ffie
these trousers.”
orofeaaor.—Chicago Tribune.
It is the inevitable law of nature
that we must die. Tbe.-?ifal energy
that Is Implanted in the body at birth
is only meant to sustain it for a cer
tain number of years. It may be hus
banded or wasted, made to burn slowly
cr rapidly. It is like- the ml tn a I«mp
and may be burned out to little effect
in a little time or carefully husbanded
and preserved nnd thus made to last
longer and burn brighter.
It Is a moot question whether every
individual Is not nt birth gifted with
the same amount of vital energy and
of life sustaining power. The proba
bility is that each is. The circum
stances of the environment from the
cradle to the grave determine its fu
ture destiny —Gentleman's Magazine.
r
e
HIE POÖK OF BAULIN
HOW THEY ARE SUPERVISED BY THE
CITY AUTHORITIES.
Brasilia 1« >.»« Io Be Beeo on the
Streets uf the City, >>d Ho*«
Misery Dare Mot Lio Ahoat ■■ the
Parks aad PaRHc Plaeea.
"Wliat,” I exclaimed in Berlin, "are
there no poor In this city? Are you al
together without rags auff wretched
ness t"
"My dear friend,” said the German,
winklug a heavy eyelid, "we are a very
clever people. We do uot show out
dust bins.” ’
Berlin Is ruled by municipal experts.
It lias lta aivtcbeduess and Its despair,
but. these tlnugs are uot permitted to
Increase. Tu b*1 out of work lu Berlin
Is a crime, eveu as it is iu London, but
with this difference—in Berlin the mu
uicipality legislates for labor in a fash
ion which makes ldlen«*ss all but inde
fensible.
Tl.e laws to this end may uot coiu-
mei .l tbenisel.es to English minds, for
the (lermans are uot soft hearted in
sueli matters, but they have this en
gaging rccuniuiendallon, they su.veed.
Let a ragged man make his uppear-
an.v In Friedrichstrasse or the Lindens
or in any of tlie numerous open spaees,
and a policeman Is at him in a min
ute. “Your papers!” demands tlie man
of 1 nv. Tlie beggar produces ins docu
ments. If it is proved that lie lias
slept in tlie asylum fur the homeless
more than a certain number of nights
lie is forthwith conducted, willynllly, to
the workhouse and made to labor for
Ills board and lodging.
Now. tlie workhouse in Germany Is
not a prison, but the vagrant would as
leave go to the one as to the other.
The administration of tlie workhouse
is conducted with iron severity. Ev
ery ounce of bread and every drop of
thin soup consumed by tlie workhouse
man Is paid for a thousandfold by the
sweat of his brow. So It comes about
that the man least disposed to work,
the born vagabond, finds It more
agreeable to toll for his bread in the
market than to fall into the hands of
a paternal government.
Berlin takes advantage of the sys
tem in Germany which numbers and
tickets every child born in the father-
land. No man can roam from district
to district, changing bls name and bls
life’s story with every Hitting. He is
known to the police from tlie hour of
bls birth to the hour of his death. For
a few pfennigs I can read the history
of every person In Berlin. Therefore
the municipality has an easy task. Ev
ery citizen's life story is known to
them, and every vagrant is punished
for ills crime against the community.
Moreover, every person of bumble
means is Insured by tlie state. Even
clerkH. shop assistants and servants
are compelled to Insure against sick
ness and against old age. This insur
ance is effected by the pasting into a
book of certain stamps every week,
and it is the duty of each employer
to see that this contract Is faithfully
obeyed. And the state has nt Beelitz
an enormous sanitarium costing 10,-
000.000 marks (£500.000», where the In
valided citizen is Bent with his pen
sion in order to expedite ills valuable
return to tlie ranks of tlie wage earn
ers. It pays the city of Berlin to nurse
its sick and cherish its Invalids. The
whole object of the municipality Is to
secure the physical and Intellectual
well being of its citizens, and on this
task It concentrates its labors with
amazing energy.
Berlin has a huge building resem
bling a factory where the unemployed,
whole families, are received and pro
vided for, but no one must take advan
tage of this hospitality more than five
times lu three mouths. Consider this
point of view. If you are homeless five
times in three months you are dubbed
a reckless creature and packed off to
the workhouse. Private enterprise has
provided another asylum where the
homeless may come five times in one
month and where the police are not al
lowed to enter at night. I have visited
this place and seen the people who at
tend it, some decent enough, others
criminal In every line of their faces.
There are many of these desperate
men in Berlin, many of these dirty,
ragged and unjinppy wretches, doomed
from the day of their birth, but they
dare not show themselves in the decent
world as they do in Iatndon. They
slink Into these asylums at 5 o'clock;
they have their clothes disinfected;
they cleanse themselves under shower
baths; they eat bread and drink soup,
and then they go to bed at 8 o'clock
like prisoners to their cells.
Now, this system is a hard one. for
when once n man gets down in Berlin
It is almost impossible for him to rise.
But It has this clear advant: ge—every
body feels that it is better to work
than to fail Into the hands of tlie law.
Rags and misery dare not lie about
In the parks or scatter disease through
the crowded streets. If there is auy
virtue In the unemployed the state will
certainty de-clop It az well as.lt '« po<
Bible to do so. There is a central bu
reau for providing men with work, and
when a man knows that not to work
means tlie workhouse he solicits em
ployment here and e'lsewnere with such
a will as almost compels wages. In
one year tlie state lias secured employ
ment for 50,000 men.
The citizen is provided with sanitary
dwellings, with unadulterated food,
with schools and technical colleges and
with Insurance for sickness and old
age. For a penny he can travel almost
from one end of Berlin to tlie other by
electric tramway or electric railway.
His streets are clean, brilliantly light
ed and noiseless; bis cafes and music
halls are Innumerable. He Ilves In a
palace. And all this is the result of
municipal government by exi«Tts in
stead of tw amateurs. -London Mall.
Blue Braver«.
Blue beavers are much worn. A siza
ble hat baa a boat shapi-d crown and
rafter wide brim rolled up on the left
side. The short backed brim la bent
down. A knot of blue panne velvet In
front, with a couple of ends to the
right back, bolds two plumes of cock’s
feathers, the frout one short and much
curved on the end, the other long and
drooping to the left back brim. The
exaggerated crowns will la1 avoided by
w<Wue:i of t i tc 8 tine of these are six
inches high. Tlie average Is three Inch
es for tbs usual large hat