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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
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