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to let to It I it t The Collision on :he D. id J. am Hy Ho tc a r d Fielding l-v m'C f v ". . H"J.r v 'u:;nK CIl - n ; sk tra.n. ."It ase i o r.ihn .Ul ;. aitetai :i. l. peno- i:u:st n -t n..,, -. t S-. .jr.- I. jt ntur;ti .:,. ti'.r.:n-..i as.- latunce. W ire in Ilia; was the nearest point I dared to name, though it was uer thin;, utiles away. for I feared every sort ol delay in tin forwarding of my uus- tvge. iw iram. as i hapien.d to know, had carried a rroa t number of people from ur city, and doubtless the wires would be crowded with mes sage such as I had received ami such as 1 would send. Tin telegraph loy came while 1 wa dressing w.ilt half crazed hate. I If beg-ii toiv.,1 my message ami to count the words, nodding over them am! traducing in ay mind a singular if fort of honor. It .s'h to nie that I aT hoard sth i fright fnl wordis a "medieal and smgieai assistance" in this loy's high, aarsli and halting voice. ! paid linn f r the message and pushed bin. 'Ut : tin roooi. I told my e loa.'.n i,, j-ive fast to the station, thus souring a long half hour there in whir! to do nothing at all. Few pe.p and ! . witeti 1 In wire in tin waiting r.M.u: at all upon the platform :'i to pace p and down tittrough the v air and tho acrid suioke of engi.s. It was probable tfeat many -, j.j h id leen not it;,-! of the disaster, hut that my summons lutd txen the intit prompt, i blessed .Muriel's little lok. it was co.nl to lwve something to 1. gkul of in thi ittacK interval of w.utmg. Presently a tall :;ud soldierly figure. untitled in a cuat of raoiiarv . u:. strodt Ui upon tho platf-e m-. -;nd 1 re.ogut."o Cok:u l Harold Itur!... ;k. who htl : uTaurui ooioro no was tvtniv voars old. In 1 MT. ami don't lk fifty u &Ky. I always liked h :.;; I admiral la- poiw and the strong! !: of his eahn tiwuit!i:;:ice : ho ..!... touard uk1 under ;he ek tri.- !ui: I was i-dons of a IV line of s. nrity. as If 1 were under hhh1 leatiership. when lie . I .a . . iwkj nn araveiy iaat ne wa going to Conway. :nd that he hr.d frionds an the wrvt-ked tmin. Mrs. Singvr. tl; widow of t'.iptain Singer. w.:s aboard. said he. t havt: not y.-t he.ird whether he is injrovd. I trut n.. I thought It tlTie of him to sn upon a rnatKV of lMIt.Tic !2j- wi.'..v of hi C4MJU-: le. and I w :idered wlieilu r tbere -uld lie an old ro::iantv in this, He misht have Jo veil her long airo. I though l. He h.nl nevor married, hut iutd always 15. ed alone in bachelor 3arters. "Aliile i was sneti!at!ng v .n tin1 pS5il:iitIes of tho situation s.ine m 3Pke my nan. and I turned to see C cor ere llrooktl.'M with a sh :d r. tlerv looking iitiie n:an who w.is a stranger t m. j.rtfc.kSo'd w-w an opera ejo.ik ov&c a dress suit, hut lt- had a mush rray lf cap on his head, and tho com bU tlon. ev?a at such a moment, , ttHvel nw to M hadn't time to dress." said Brook tlefcl. "1 l.ere'v a ur -k t:p at Conway, nd I La-.o tr. :s the train. I got teh-gram. Hae ..;t met Ir. Doer- tog;:' i tt.e ncree hujc man. wl.- yes ss u d to trepan my .frrrtttai l.r..- v. : 4-u i o Iokel at nie. I tleanw!:!;e it-, .ktk id drew his ckial Uejt !. . ;:i .-Idveretl iM-rvouly. "I w-:u, for iK-ering ::l dm." said he. I.- w i. the :;:r of one who presents ...m' lffor :n invisible jurj-. "Ir. lHnr.ng i the urgc u we ha"o. a you kmtw. liat more crmld I do?" He fihstn-ed from t'ohmei Kurhank ta in-. X ither of us rep!iel. For m wu ; :.rt. I was bitterl; accusing my vU. It siiH'd haruir credble that !:r Id. a mere youth, a leader of c-t.!:--n. h. vld have taken this wise !rH-:,t'i.,ij w!;e!i I had aer thought of. lru-. I.r Mield is very rich ami t:..i.hT iiatun:! think of something ex 5ss, in a i..i.nient of emergency, imI lKriTi- was leyond doubt the Uiost p : .;vf iKissibilttr which our city ;:;-re- 11 ;!.- '"orsght must have come to :iel i.uri atik. for he prsenUy dr '.v m :;d and succeed that we jo;:id m i.- :i:i arrarsg-ment in reganl to lir. iv-: .;ig. It is a soldier's trade to take what he finds ready to hii h :A. I t-.id the ewio:;el ihat I would :..;iv ::ny t;eu.sp. and he replied that the m.-'In 'Ling was to get the man: we i ..al l dc. to aiou; pitying for him later A ti.ot, Caliie pMitiTig h:eI ' ;!'fy uiii. ii h. : i: : r h te. isn't ;I ' Ti e ; . -Ves." tie Mb r-.aii v.... t a stout young man through the gate ami r.ro.md for the train. ;. t b-en backt-d In. ' . i. catfUtog siltt of dnadfuir . - red. "I dd ymi know :i the iramt' .--he was going t 7 'Hii Uih: "il. i's tl 1 I. ir . ii.'' said he. '"i'crri- Me, ter:- hi-! " "JIo.v did . u learn al-t: MT I uxk d. Was ii in the extra Y' Hh extra i- m the prize ttelii." Ik r-pi;. .i. "but ti e ot in one line of red type just to viy that the tndn was in '.!!: n witli a freight at t'onwnr and that it wa r'ti i-.r -.l that th- re wa. Ie f lifr. t;l!y. u don't supute' He pau-iM!, J.king up into my fae. 'H:- jr-pir;!tior, was tlripping from h;- fieheatl. Ie;t he tre:a!Ie.l with tilt cold. He won a r:thr thin suit for Uf of year an I had u oeroat. "No." ;,id I; I d u't belkwc Miss I'alt:. i- verv bad? hurt. Yoll swill t p;. t: La:.!.' i:.;iy." x..:.l I.e f.T :;l!r. "tbent's 'r. .i'jHt Imt In all this world. I ought to p..k li.v - that, ami I wouldn t Uh ly ! i-veept you. She cm I r i or. thing to uw." v . -i.rrv lor little Jn k Manning n it aI:oether news that he had I i r :e ! I. .id stnt him Irtiruiiuj hhi - in the white tlam' ot m:- i Heii . tetwk ' eeih'tt ' niMiti bei.!e .. i ! : a: .. and had !eii qttlte . v . tld Miffer. He is h . . ' : ehap. and vety us . ;. b it I is not the ro- e i,uti lidcht 1iojm to stand' MNs i'ahti. I'm not that, either. hat I'::. tall einmgh. ami 1111' bUl :.! Ii'l 1 I . VHMJ liJt-ro-riJtH. J,;,J a Ubm SM,;!,J i n and roniaiitie. "ri- ytoi oint; 10 mice the 2 o'ehn k t in in V 1 a:-iced. He stared nt me. "Am IV he eried. "Ami she up there in that wreek: .Man. I'd walk it I" At this in. Client xu tmiit was h:(eked in. and we got ahonrd. We had only ten niimitcs to wait before the start, and yet it seemed an aye. I nimsii some of the time delatiiu: whether 1 should toil .lark .Manning about the telegram I had iverhed. He might like to know that Ir. S. K. Athens was ho;eft,i of i uriel. but. on tie- oilier hand, the hi eident of the fittl' book would grieve Mm. be-ides, it was to me a saered thing. I rtuild not bring m-aelf tu men tioi: it. As the train pulled out. Jaek and I wut forward into the smoking ear. ;..;jel Iturbank. Itrooktiehl and th di . tor were already there, am! with t!.en. were two men whom 1 k lew, both very irtxi.! fflhiws. They wer l ii.umrey .Matthew son. a brokr. and 3 oung ilhinl Priee. it was at a danr it:g jwrty in the resit.en-e of Trier's parents that 1 had tirst met .Muriel. Kveept for the turn whom I haw U.U...-.1. the ear was almost empty 1 sreeted .Mattheon ami I'riee anil asked the latter if lie was going to Con way. "ies. said he. I lwvv a frieutl on the w reeked train." His faee, w hirh hm evn rather pale, suddenly Hushed. "You're not going up there on Mi 1 'aim's aeeouut:" i demanded. Huh!" he whusperod. ghirshig at .Matthew son. "I didn't tell t.i'u. He's not the fellow to -to under;:. nd my my fe,-;i:ijrs at such a time. He make :s eoufousKliHl joke of everything. W't h: pptned to route along down here to gether. 1 supose he's unim: up to Ids reuntry plae.' In Aunandale. His moth er is still up there. J tut 111 t -II you. 1 had a telegram informing me ih.-t Miss Talm was hurt. Isti't it awf ilr" t telegram;" said 1. He took it out of his ioek t. turning Lis buek to the others as he d so. "Head It." said he, and 1 lead as fol lows: Mlsw Palm lajcrvd In c-ellisi h-r. hoio not serjuusly. DR. S. K. AIM MS "How did Dr. Adams re? yotr ad dress?" I demanded. Priee blusiied. "Why. you see. 1 was lunching with MerhM t.Hlat"- he !m ga:i. "You were? sakl 1. "'Yes.' he replied. "I went over to her uncle's house alwit non. and she was Just going downtown, so i went along, and we rail In sonu' here for a 1 of luneh. I hapjenel to set an :t of a railroad atvldent in the V .-. and a made me nervous, know - j tii mat she was going away o poon. jhe is such a dainty creature like a ".p of titittl crystal: It didn't seem riht to let her meet the rNLs of this v. rM. iid you eer Ut ! that way ;d i.ist anybody ' Y. -.' 1 adn itte.1. "I've U-ll that w.v." Well." he saW. with a such. "th' hng a::d sl.ori of it is that 1 persuad i ' her to put my name and address in ii;:ie I took with just the word 'notl ' over it. I've done the same thing :"'ty t'lues befure. but nothing ever l;P5"Uvd. It shows a pers n:tl in t ;. -t sort f flatters a trlrl well. nt t!...t exactly, but it gives her a chance t - ih tter you. Muriel scvh;hI to re f. ird it as .;-:ite startling and am! I:i oTe-it g. You understand :' "Y- v.'- s;ii I. "I ean see th..r the i I-.! I ...y have appealed to her." I'riee Juddered and put his hand t! 1 foMiead. "To think that this '1 !:-ve happene!:" he said. I :' i a if I'd tampered with fate. And ; . r I tl :n:- ' e--.veu that the name was :.re ;.;..t I am permitted to be a : 'i! j rt.y w::r to help her.'" A - -Jd-le-i ami unreasonable anger . ! me. f.-einel." sdd I upon an inspiration. v .-e j n!t ::ti:::a'!;eil by telegraph j f it' ; a fa r ipte -i.tti :" "Yes s'.r: i w;h." said the co'ionei. v' S'tiy lnt!a':n' his host. Matthew-- i. the broker, h.id come Up l-!iiml i:;e. atwl he !;iucd over tli b. k of a ear. his hoek of hn gray hair falling forwanl upon his brw. "Not from Dr. K. Adams? he in qu ::!. Yes. s:r. resp ruled the ylom 1. tak ing another inch of ehest llteasue. "The iiie-age wa from I'r. Adam. d at 'lieu-sou's form suddenly relad. He thmst a hand iat the breast P'm k-t f his coat, drew forth a tele--r: ui and held it out towan! Hurbatik. "1 rwvd this." aid he. "ami it explain my prsne here." The colonel adjusted his eyeglasso. he'd them tlsil for a moment and then removal the;;; with a steady hand. His glance slowly swept the! r tup. hiery man of us except lr. i iMi'ring held a telegram. Even I. who should by this time have been prepared for anything, was nuia&tl to see the ydlow slip of paper 11 it I tori tig in little Jack Manning's trembling hand. "Hentlemen." said tho colonel, "this ! certainly extraordinary, and there are men wlm might think it humor ..us" - lb iVfitl glanced lit reely at Mallhcwson. was a relentless i-irr. uui nn-n t t . A T m.. was no need of a reproof. M!:ttlHw noii lod:eil as If he were reading the burial service. "What I was aliout to say." en tinued the colon-1. "is this: In a mo ment of great need how great we do not yet know it happem-d that .MNs I'alm had with hr the adiiresm-s of rtrtaln gentlemen whom she had seen tit to honor in this way. All the help that we ean give her will not be too much: all jnsslhle respect will be less tl.m her due." Matthewsosr reached across the bak . . ... i .1 .i t . of the etiair ami sas'ti mr hwi.h-i m ! :: !. In eighteen ears that I hae kniwn t'hauneey Matthewsm thai is the only time I ever nv him reallj' SiM'ious. "M'ss Palm and I lunched togriher tolay." he began, l.uneluxl? said I. He regarded me seve rely. Certainly." sakl he. "1 mot her shopping, and as it was her day in town 1 ventured to claim ft few minutes of her society. Ho wo had some -ako and ices at Collier's. It was while there that she mentioned the matter of- of railroad accidents-, ami and I think I need not explain further." to i:K continiji'd. J THE PUSHING WEvST l!N (irowtnu tulttienee lit VII fairs of (In Nation. A prominent i'rookijk'ii preaeher late ly told Itis eougregation of New York business men that tho scat of power in the raited .States no longer rests in the east, hut hiss passed to the west; that t'.c really big thing-: of the aye are now i! me by western men and v'ut unless the east shall rouse Itself from its self e ;..p;:,. out dream and oj enlts eyes to fa. t - Its relative intb i-tue in the na tion wiil eoutU'Me !; d !! ..:h. The petun luay have !eeii painted in to. high color, hut in the main it is true. Western men and western states hive grown greatly In polttic:il In ilnenee: we-. tern ideas ronstantly gain weight" in national jolit Ies; western itae.Us lKvosne more iiMlependent ot e;stern tiauueiers. The ehaage is due, no doubt, partly to natural renditions, ltlg problems and a big emntry breed large men and lib eral idis. They make for progress rather than for conservatism. Hut an interesting side light appears in some reeetit remarks of an eastern college pro;dent wh. went west a few years ago and Is n w at the head of a state university. "When I v as in the east." he said. "I had tt prod my indents to work. Here they prod me The west is no jla e for a I zv pr if'sor. If he is teaching in a d'ege where the elective system pre v:.;i 1 e will s un find himself without pupi'V Another western professor speaks al mt in the same rein: "I have tu ver k:iwn my stwlMs out here to .. plain of the Irnglh of the tasks set tor them -tr the dltlbttlty. Kastern -n ii dents u . il tii groan over tie ruuount of w.rk." If, fl.en. tl,. west is forging ahead of the cat. the exjdanatioti jmh";is to he a r.t er :mp'e om (Jetting at it early. st'ek"'tg t it closely ami Keeping at it I'-ng w;-', surely show res is t, whether in the rl is ;r en or in the w heatlieid. Youth's u:mion. WorivlHmcii. Insurance. Consider the a.l.atoe hi the general spirit of kindness which is indicated by .v.t h a far; as the founding and suc ee fn: .pei:iti.u of the system of w :k;iCUie ;V insurance in (Jermanv. A . e-t.:;n -tun of money is sot aside for ..'! workman every week ithe om p'o er .:ul the employee each e-mtrlb- t. f. ami the government adds a ..t of 12 on each jH'lision. .a.' Tea :aii;i ;i wrtk:i:en are thus htsure.I t!Z . u vjeKiuws. l7.ttHHi against ar- ' nt p.Ms against disability fr d.',i age. Kiv ".uiidrrd and seven th uisaml per sons re.-eixe tl e benefit of this fund ill ye tiiy pensions. Incidentally there has !-t! aii IlMlS-;ie belietit la the in i : e .f care and preae.tio:i- to pre '''!!! .e-;dents :.:.d t re lU-e dangerous or. :-'i? ior.s. The emphuer who is not yet wihii-g to pr-neet his workmen for ka: ::i! sV sake v. Ill do It to escape le a i r taxes. II: eryb.wly's Magazine. llettl r otirt In a Cemetery. Tie- fol'.owing story is bdng told abu; tite Judicial halls of Iiarkham .ted. C n:;.: Walhiee Case, judge of I t' ate in r.arkhasusteil. heid rurt ; ai gravi in, . in tho Center eem e : y in that tow u the other day. This. C - ' . ilaigcrn claim, belts the tin-onl of .::-ti-e W. H. Y.irmgs. who while work : ia a h: ;. 1 "it st ;i;ed long ciiotuh t. trj a prb. ; r under an appie tree. A few dajs :g. John 1. Simmons of Win teil. conservator over t)scar Tiffany, n 'H- .tf i;at H.trtiand. made applira ttn jo the tt.nrkltnmsted probate eutrt f r jermisj-i m to sell the Tiffany prop . Jmlge i '.in wrote to Mr. Simmons th.f he wuild hear the matter "in the i i -uete y." w:.cr he is assisting in the W'rk of improv ing the bnrj-ing ground. Mr. Simmons retunie! from the cnu tcry with the order tu sell the pro erty. ititnry IlrutalKy. A one y. -,r v,huite r at flukovimi, Austria. 4ommited s;ik-;de liecause of a sujHr:or bnitality. Imring a drill he was told to jump aero-:-: a ten foot ditch, but fal!ed In the at eiapt. He was made to repeat :' , ;e.,,pt until he had spraiiHti b ia W'i!.: ami ankles and ould udy rob t;a . ti e vatcr. He was tlu'u pia.ed wt.dei a.re-t and in despair st.thiMd i ia. eif to tlm heart with a peni.nii'e. Sergeant lirdniaun f the (icrmaii arm- has been s-n teneed by c mri martial u six month imprisonuKnt. with degmdaiion. for loJI casos of maltreating soldiers. An other sergeant named Mattias was sen tenml to nine m-uiths Imprii tiuucut for 1TJ cases of cruel tv to sohHetN. Stsmis rur Ileiily. The Iterliu law courts have derided apiimd the claimant in an action to re cover a five emit stamp. The plaintiff wrote to the defeudant. "ita losing ptamp for rop'y." The defendant, be j ing a nail correspondent mid needing rents at I he moment, p .-kcieI the stnmp and pent no reply to the letter, j The derision of the court should he ! welcome to lh-se who are s.dirhed for their autographs. ii iz (lit Helpless. If U is true that revulsion of feel ing against the slaughter of birds and helphss animals has set in it Is a ered liable circumstance. The miserable thing about this shooting is its coward ice. A man hurts and kills a creaturo that never harmed him and Is taken an entire disadvantage, n Uk-.y he hct oism to kili a tiger, but It is . miemp tilde to kill a robin.- P.rooklyu Eagle. A Trump's I'rotileii). A tramp having found a hen's feath er In his tra-.els alKiut the city kept it until night, when he carefully phiecd ! It on the pavement in a back alley an I ! slept upon it. Awaking next morning i and 1-Kjking scornfully upon the bit of dtwn. he veliimed: "('e whiz! If one leather is as hard to sleep on as that, what mn-u :i whole bod fn! he?" Vothiug m -e completely hallles one who fuj of trick and duplicity than straight ft rward and simple Integrity In an tl c ,t ,u. THE TWO DRIVERS. I ueil to '. :ny f .'. hors: M stal.b' was .' i l'I giillo. n'.-r tli- :-.s-t-Js course. To Ini:nt!a I wouiij trot. Aii'l I wnnltl :iI!'i:oic arl snort t'poii th; (iilrlth track. My driver l.-uiKhing at the aiort Astiilt my cliinisy hack. Hut that was many yoars :iko (Mv. how those years have slid!): Noiv my boy's lnliy plays with mo Just as Ills father Except that I'm n horsr; no more With hiiiii. sweaty brow A-iichig o'er this cold, hard floor But I'm his auto now. No uioro I loudly nel;h and snort t'l-ui the parlor ni&: Fu.st.-ad my face I must distort To say. "Chug chup. chug chug!" liich oar now Is a lever strong Tiiat works the old machine They're pulled and pinched tho whol day leng I know Just whnt they mean. He savs I s- tn so real to him As on to me he climbs. Hocau.oe an old rheumatic limb Makes me break down sometimes. - I-'. P. l'itzer in New York Press. lie Couldn't See It. I SB 1'rison chaplain - Kcmetnher. my :oih! man. we are here today and gouc tomorrow. The Itrixton Itantam -You arc I tin't. London Tatler. A Cimil Tli I n tr ia One IVny. "What do you think of this srheme to have men do general housework':" "1 think It's a good one." replied Mr. Xebblesou. who had a patch over one ;'ye and a badly rut lip. "When we get things arranged that way a man will never be sent down by his wife at 1 a. m. to throw the rook's heitu out of the kitehen." -Chieago Keeord-IIer-ald. A Well Wisher. I)' A uber." said Crittick. in "Well, sppeting that 'life "Ye7" the new rativas. "we're told is shart, but art is long.' " si.id I ' A liber. " Welly "Well. I'm hoping. IVAuber. that you will Ih longer on life than you arc on art." -Catholic Standard and Times. Looking I-ir Trouble. "No. I dn't think Algy will ever team to rim his auto." "Why not:" "He's always trying to roll a ciga rette and guide the machine at the -.ame time." - Philadelphia Caricature. Ab.se of in i tided Willie. Teacher-Now. Willie, you may close four geography and recite. Willie Suddenly throwing off his Jisgulse. the great detective cried: "Ha, rilliau: You little thought Dick Ilarter was on your track." Puck. Oossip's Apology. "Why isn't it easier to speak well ns to speak 111 of a person':" "That Is the trouble." answered tho confirmed tattler. "It is so easy that t isn't Interesting."-Washington Star. Per t i llill t. "Ah. yes." said the star. 'I have tieen married for eight years." Continuously:'" asked the critical me. but the query was deemed tm .vorthy of reply. Cinrimutti inquirer. Those (Mrls. Messie Fred asked me for a kiss last pvening. I was just as mad as I could he: Kate- P.ceansc he didn't Insist? Well. I don't blame you. Itostnn Transcript. Mis iieliitty. "You say Charley Spender is a man ufacturer? I thought he was Just a plain loafer. What line Is he in?" "lie makes trouble for his father." ?t. I.ottis Itepuhlie. Itevtsed. "What is that old saying. Tut n bog par on a horse " "And he'll kick because it isn't an automobile."- Philadelphia Press. An Kko! I.-A.lciil Iteason. "He's unusually bright." "What makes you think so?" "Why. he agrees with me in every thing." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dodgrini; t.'erms. "Why have you taught vour baby to eat onions?" "It keeps people from kissing him. - Chicago Itpcord-Herald. Cunsi.Meii t flrlef. "Do you think .Ittlia will always I ep on mourning for her htislund?" "Yes; she is going to marry a man named Pdack." Described. "lie's a regular dude." "How does he look?" "He io.s IL" - Cleveland Dealer. Plnln (.rl Preventive. An excellent preventive of iniltten;'.a is said to he found In adding a few drops of eucalyptus oil to every pail of hot water used in cleaning the wood work of a house and to the water in which the broom Is frequently dipped when sweeping the carpets. Turpen tine may ue used n preferred in place of the eucalyptus. The whole house in this way becomes disinfected. Itoston r.udgct. Ithythm and time in the art of music have to come from the heart, not from the machbie.- Dr. Joachim. if THE HALL OF FAME. The I.ou:oti Spectator sprnk.s of President Koosevelt as a Whig. Major Austin S. Ctishmati. private secret, ry to President Fillmore. Iivs in New lied ford. Mass. W. 15. Trask. Poston antiquarian ami an authority on rerun's at the Hub. tias just passcu ins ninety-second birth ilay. Judge Thomas .1. Humes, former mayor of Seattle. Wash., who dropMd desid re'eiitly. was a Mark Twain dou ble. He was something of a humorist too. .lohn D. Pockefeller has purchased six houses and lots hi 'rlggsrille. X. Y.. and it Is reported he intends to buy the whole hamlet, so that he ran add it to his park of f,wo acres at Porantieo Hills. At noon oh Thanksgiving day (ov rrtior Chaiiiherlain set out :i small oak tree near the reservoir nt New it ri tain. Conn., in memory of his father. Abiram f hnmitorhtin, who. as an engineer, planutd the waterworks system of that city. Sir l'.rnest Cassell, the Anglo-Herman linaii' lcr. is coming to America. He is of Hertuan birth, but a natural- l.cd lai-lisluiiati. and is the man who furnished the monetary barking lor the r.instruelion of the Nile dams at Assouan and Assiout. 1 '.a ron de Serovskerken. the Danish ambassador to this country, travels vi;h riiouii impediments for an opera singer, on his arrival in New York the other day he brought with him half a doam servants ami seventy- three pieces of baggage. William Ha ton. a Hartford (Conn.i barber, has a srrapltook which is two fceTm thickness and rotitaimt accounts of all the prize fights frmi the days of "Yankee" Sullivan to tho present. The book is indexed in a separate volume and is used as a ready ret'eronee. Professor Samuel it. Presott. as sistant professor of biology in the Hus ton institute of Technology, has been appointed to the list of collalmrulorc of the lending Iwieteriological journal in Cermany. He has leen recognized us an authority in this branch of sci ence. GERMAN GLEANINGS. In Herman. no child under thirteen years ot age is allowed to be employe! In a place of public entertainment. In the Herman town of Hiebrieh 1ml eonies :ire to be specially taxed and the proceeds devoted to the improvement of the streets. After having almost disappeared from ("ormany for several years dysentery has again become somewhat provaleut. especially in mining districts. Among the marriages recorded in P.erlin last year there were VJl of bhiod relations. One hundred and eight of these were marriages of cousins. Hamburg is to have a school for training servants. It Is not intrude I to compete with existing schools which provide training in domestic seence for girls of well to do families. The number of medical journals in Hcrmany is extraordinarily large and still on the increase. At the em! of l'.io:; there were and ten more were added In the nine months follow ing. A man eating in the garden of a res taurant In the Herman city of Hano ver the other day threw a bone which had a g.Kxl deal of meat on It to a dog. Immediately a Iteggar p utneed on the dog. took away the bone and greedily devoured the meat. He said he had had nothing to eat for three days. ENGLISH ETCHINGS. In Kngland, after much discussion, women have at last been admitted to the l.iunaeau society. There Is not a single statue in Lon don to an archbishop of Canterbury from Thomas a Heeket to Handatl Da vidson. The reason why London omnibus conductors are so polite and so eager to pick up passengers is that they are discharged if their fares fall below a certain sum. On exhibition in Coventry. Kngland. is a pile carpet 21 by 7".. feet, which was made in Lahore in b"U for a di rector of the old Fast India company. The beautiful coloring is still perfect. "I have never known a deserving case of street begging," was the re markable statement of Sir Hric A. Huchniian. secretary of the Iondon Mendicity society, made the other day. PITH AND POINT. Hight or wrong, you should Ik? brood ptiotigh to make concessions. Very few people are natural crim inals, but most people lark common i ense. A good rule to observe whenever you are not alone: Don't le oft your ruard. Don't forget yourself and look ; hored. A man never nows till his knows how little hei"" """ '-' -"- ;" children enter high trhool and get out their books nights to study. When a man makes up his mind ti he good he also makes up his mind that it will he the fault of others If he f.. siils sit it. I He good to those who are sick. !t ' may he your turn next, and your good- ness will Insure good care for ye', when you are tint on your back. - Atch ison Hlobe. AVIij- Johnny Ate Them. Mrs. P.iilus fafier the comitny had gone) Johnny, you shouldn't have eat en those preserved fruits. They were not Intended to be eaten. They were put on the table to fill up. Johnny HiH us Well, that's what I used 'cm for. mamma. I An liipiiriloii.'iltle I'ntilf. Flgg-(Joodiuan is dead. He has led a most beautiful ami a correct life. Everybody praises him. Fogg Hut. confound him. he trumped my ace once when we were playing partners at Avhist. riiK LOST I'AKAIirsK! THEORIES A'- TH Ti-'h LOCATION OF THti GA..OEN OF EDEN. The (-oiM-envie. f l.c:triieil Opinion Suptorls the llelief Tim ( AiZum and Hvc' Oriciunl Hume Was Mi tj,,. (rent Itli Ion tan S'lniti. Almost every spot of the globe ha? Iiad the claim made on its behalf that it is the site of vanished Kdon. Most periows went agreed on the fact that paradise has disappeared from our midst. The question is. Where was it iituattd? To those who deny the P.ili Jral story of man's rm-sis the qiies iiou takes auoiler faiu. ami they imt- plex thei: - i s ;,s to the smi In which man ursi aiH-arMl on this e-.irlh. qualified to settle. Hut she tlnally mar S..me tvade the diiHciiiiy by saying ried." thai man appeared hi many different "That didn't lessen her ability any. rpots that he ilk! not spring from did it?" asketl the sweet young thing .ne original. I -n surprise. If we accept the uWirinc of the Dar-j "No o." replied the editor slowly, wiuians we are fort -ed to cnfiss that "Of course she knew just as much as the place where man tirst evolved must' she did before, but somehow she didn't have been anything but a garden of! stem to be quite so certain of it. How i'dcu. It must have In-eii a haunt of ever, she kept up her work, even if she mere animalism, and its food would did show that she occasionally had teriainly not have Invn fruit. Hough-! doubts that never came to her before. Jy speaking, therefore, there are two schools those who believe tJiat man came from divine origins I, but fell away from his tirst estate, to which with iuiuctf hilwtr he may return, and tho-e who U!ieve that he evolved from the beast ami is still evolving to tie great nes that he may ultimately at tain. Setting aside luese somewhat discordant theories, we may well ask. Where was Ktlen? i he soundest scientists are agreed that man!-hid tame from a single ort gui whether a distinct creation or an evolution is liesido the mark -ami the original man must have lavd a local habitation. The geographical manuals and maps of the middle aes leave a good deal to Ito desired in the matter of a crura re detail, but they have at least the merit of l.h!mss, and if we go to them for an answer to our question we may get something like n definite re ply. A.urding to an old map of the thirteenth entury. paradise Is a cir cular island Ijing near India. It is surrounded by a wall in which is a gateway opening to the west. The gate Is ejosed and the wall quite in surmountable. !nr later atlases do not hieate this happy island. (thcr early map: would have us be lieve that Kden lay in centra! China. We can go with these ancient geog raphers far as to place tin? probable -tite of mail's birthplace in Asia, but the consensus of learned opinion does not i!tei:ie either to ludia or China. Kiekietit authority supports the idea ti: :: IMen ly uuewhere on the great U - v. Ionian plain, watered by the Tigris :;d the Palp! rates the Pcralh Hilil lliddehel of ieiisis. ither authorities give their vote for Armenia, jtos.sibly ht,H; n.'ed by tl tradition which says ti, u the Ark r !d on Mount Ararat, b'tt this trad; i i n would only point to Art:.. :iia ::s the probable tirst home of fostddm i.-ni n.ati. professor iH'lityseli and Professor Sayce favor Itabyhm: ncithggrr favors Palestine; Media. Arabia ami the up :er Nile have all llielr swi,lot''Pr-';- Qna- trefages. treating the subject solely from a scientific standpoint, com hales ;!.i t hngulstie stud other human types tint t central Asia, but does not de ide on any precise locality. With ll'.e author of Henesis. as Dr. KalUdi has remarked. "Kden is geo .rr.tphi .il'.y deseribed in a manner kvluch h-ive n doubt that distinct lo ahiy -;t I .f,.;v ti e mind of the au thor." IIv, it to th se who think that this author was hmid t:g on uncertain tradition It must vet le of interest to ktiaw what th;s lorailty w:ts. liabylon was the ni"-t fer;!h land known to the in. lent world: its p'-wrest fields repaid ultivatim liftyfoh!. its better a hun dredfold. Its luxmiatice of fruit and gr:.in w :s so great a to le uctmilly ui'tarras.s.'tig. There is ni question at ill that tiii- distri.t was the seat of Asia's earliest ci iiiraiion ami there f.re why n .: s .:y of the world's? The ld-M f mm created jMTfoct and living in a warden of fniitfui loveliness : ; -Ivv ays had a fascination for jmor himuuuty. ire. .grazing Its present im fMtri'wtioits i.ml the frtvpient distress ing dismalnrss of its presnt surnnmd Ings. Kven th e who knew nothing of theliible si ry pictured such a spot for tliemslvs. lery early mythology has its fortunate isles. Its Atlantis. Its IlesjHnides. its Arcadia ami its Holdcn Age. .some per- u s een ctMijectunM that pamdise had mt been n the earth at nlL but was an islam! floating in the air. so;;u t!i a like the island visited by Huliiver. They did not wish to think that the sacred spot could he submerged by the waters of the del uge, and b this device they raised it above any such calamity. On this is land dwelt the sacred phenix: the well of life flowed there, the elixir of immortality; leave never fell from the : trees; the son shone always on a per- petual summer. Men declined to be- Heve that Kden had been destroyed forever. They preferred to Imagine that its cates were dosed to them for a seasm. To deem that such a sX)t could vanish seemed sacrilegious. Many an early voyager and explorer had strange dreims of discovering j some earthly paradie when he set out ant SKen. J m secretly uounsneu an,, sirengtneneii iy unronqurraiiie loree of romantic superstition that lived in the heart of ages in other ways s. I idark. Kven the hlizaiicthuns dreamed always of some more wonderful coun- ( trv tit lit I'i-ieover.sl Their fnllc nitil It.. . " ' ' ... - ' - ' ... . . - w.... -" - I ... .tj.,i. . .w peril iiuu ii. i.i e L-i uic i" ! Wmimr -laniollP of romance. In those dnvs tnu. tn. of (ravo , ti. I.. iii' u t- ...... Tr i iit.i t i;n r ..it...,-? - run- i.i juitaiu. !soiu hltitie K-Jen. to he reaclH.!. ! Kansas City I iMleppmlent. i Men's Ways. j An OMiKinvr Knrthcinake. "I assure you I'm always willing te j Earthquakes occasionally profit man acknowledge my faults when I see kind, as in the ease of Ouzotm-Ada. a them." I town on the Caspian. The port of the "That's all right, but I'll bet you town was visited by an earthquake last never acknowledge them when your year, and since then It has been found neighbor sees them." Philadelphia 'open to steamers which could not en- Press. Stf(eiiM-ac It. Hoothlet What do you mean by say ing Im the worst, actor you ever saw? I '.i !i Weil. I've no doubt It did seem rat iter harsh: hut. then, you know. t " ' v t : ; i-;y actors I have never ' " .. T '. :.set ipt. I THE MOTHER'S COLUMN. The IMitor Tell the Svrect Tonus Thliiic Why It Wnn Given Up. "Yes." said the editor, "we had to pive up that mothers' column." "Dear me! I don't see why." an swered the sweet young thing. "It seemed to me it was Invaluable." "Yes. that's what we all thought Including the very bright young wo man who wrote, it," admitted the ed itor. "There didn't seem to he unv problem of the homo that she wasn't She was a little shy as to some points regarding tin management of the home, but she still knew all about the training of children, and, of course, that's the principal feature of a moth ers column." "Of course." acquiesced the sweet oung thing. "At hist, however." continued the editor, "she became satisfied that she wasn't even competent to lay down rules and decide knotty problems In the line of the management of a nurs ery." "Dear me'" said the sweet young thing. "That was very strange. When did she make up her mind to that?" "About four months after her first baby was born." answered the editor. Chicago Post. Ir. Oet there' I'tojiosuI. They were talking about their love affairs, as women will when they get in a confidential mood. Every one present except Mrs. (let there had told of her experience when the important question was "popped." When Mrs. G. hesitated her companions urged her harder than ever. "Well." she confessed, "if I must tell the truth. I never had a proposal." "Did the job yourself in leap year, eh?" asked Mrs. Sharp. "Not a bit of it. You know what n dillident man Hob is. I could not help seeing that he loved me devotedly, and I knew I loved him. I was as sure of him as sin is sure of punishment. I let two other good chances go by be fore they reached the proposal stake during the seven months of Hob's court ship. One afternoon he sent me a box of chocolates with a beautiful diamond ring inside, our initials were engrav ed on one side of the shaft and a chain link on the other. It was quite a shock to my girlhood's dreams of the sort of proposal I wanted. I cried a bit, and I really lie! love now they were tears of joy. Anyway I had the ring on my en gagement finger when Hob called that evening. In a few moments we were chatting away about plans for our wedding as naturally as though we had been engaged for weeks." New York Press. One I. Omitted. "Here: What do you mean by calling me that?" demanded the trust mag nate. K)inttug to the offending line In tin taper. "'Soulless individual." quoted the editor. "Why. you never ltefore object ed to being called a soulless individ ual." "That isn't what you call me." thun dered the visitor. "You have it 'soilless individual. which menus an Individual without a sou."-Catholic Standard and Times. Hniv I lie i:prcsslon Originated. The sphinx was propounding its rid dle to a Clrctk. Failure to solve It. as all know, meant death. "Well." said the monster impatiently, noting the man's hesitation, "can't you see through it?" "I can't for the life of me." was the reply. A few moments after the unlucky gnesser had passed away, but the ex pression survived. New Orleans Tlmes 1 emtcrat. A HiiiMcnh Critic. "Mr. Dobbins says he is wedded to his art." "Yes." said Miss Cayenne, "wedded, but with ample ground for divorce." Washington Star. .liinmle nntl Trunin. "Kin jer tnist me whl de loan of 5 rents. Jlmmle?" "I'm sorry. Willie, but l don't be leve in trusts." New York Evening Journal. A Kntnt Elopment. "They eloped in an airship." "Would her father recognize them?" "No one would after the airship fell. Philadelphia Caricature. ter it before, owing to tho shallow wa ter. I An Unenny Seat. ' "Pa." said Tommy, opening the pa per, "w ho sits on the seat of war?" J "No one." responded papa, "because 'lie seat of war generally has a tack n it."- Haltiuiore Herald. It SMiud to mo