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A phase of aNimal life which at­
tracts our attention and calls forth un­
ceasing wonderment is that of protec­
tive resemblance. Nature has wisely
endowed certain defenseless SBlnialr
with this peculiar faculty, which makes
them lulmlc their surroundings so that
they may avoid tlieir enemies. This is
especially true of some insects. Tbe
katydid, with its gauzy green wings,
will fall zigzagging from ■ tree to the
ground In sueb a way that any feath­
ered enemy seeing it would think It a
leaf. Tbe same method of protection
Is seen in our common butterflies and
moths that mimic flowers and leaves.
The moths mimic bits of wood and
stone, so that when they alight on the
ground they are at once Invisible to
their pursuers.
Traveling fakirs In India have a way
of rmrklng use of their knowledge of
this faculty lu Insects and by means
of It perform what they call a miracle.
The fakir thrusts into the ground a
small tree with leaves about three
Inches long. He then takes from a box
a dozen or more butterflies of rare
lieauty. When the onlookers have ex­
amined these to make sure that they
are real be throws them one by one
Into tbe air, ami they alight on tbe tree
and immediately become Invisible. The
first supposition Is that tbe onlookers
have been hypnotized; but. the fakir
catching the little tree and giving It a
shake, tbe butterflies float into the air
and again settle about tbe tree and dis­
appear.
The fakir then points out tbe illusion.
The butterflies were not three feet
from the eyes and had so mimicked the
leaves when their wings were folded
that the deception was perfect, both In
color and shape. There were even the
delicate mold spots, the central or ndd
rib of the leaf and the delicate lateral
brunches from It, while the stein of the
leaf was closely imitated by tbe lower
portion of the wings, which were press­
ed against the stem. Tills mimic,
known to science as “kallina,” If fol­
lowed by a bird simply alights on a
bush or tree and becomes invisible.
Other interesting Instances of mim­
icry are found among tbe butterflies in
India. A naturalist noted a butterfly
there that was not only a remarkable
mimic, but when followed It imitated
the peculiar flight of a butterfly that
was obnoxious to birds. In almost
every group of Insects we find this pro­
tective resemblance, but those-among
the walking sticks and walking leaves
are most remarkable. In the latter we
have an example of an Insect so closely
resembling a leaf that it bears close
examination without discovery. Tbe
Insect looks as If It were made up of
several pieces of leaf. Still another
cannot be taken for anything other
than a dry brown twig or branch, so
closely lias It Imitated the color and
the sharp angles.
In all forms of life there is a tendency
to adaptability to the peculiarity of its
surroundings. Gayly
~
tint«! birds are
not, as a rule, found on white, sandy
wastes, but In forests where there Is
deep coloring and the contrast Is not
great. Tbe lion, the giraffe, the ostrich,
are forms which assimilate their sur­
roundings. In California the horned
toad Is almost as Iqvisible as tbe sand
on which It lives. The little canyon
toad mimics the rocks on which it
rests, while the frog of the east Is
scarcely to be distinguished from the
weeds among which it lives.—New
York Herald.
What is the matter with old Mother
Earth that »he should treat the infant
year 1905, yet in its swaddling clothes,
so unmercifully ? Buch vicious shakes
it has received, one after the other,
sometimes six chastisements in one
night. The residents of this vicinity
are all in sympathy with 1905. I have
yet to find a single person who con­
fesses to being fond of earthquakes.
The old year tries! to die hard, and fur
u few hours wailed, shrieked and
moaned round the houses, turn«! um­
brellas wrong side out, and shed tears
enough to almost tl<«o«^ the city, then
its better nature got the best of its tem­
pest tossed soul, and it went smilingly
out, radiant iu sunshine for its lust
day. Possibly it was taking a savage
delight ut the idea of how old Mother
Earth wav going to show her partiality
for 1904 by giving 1905 such a disagree­
able reception, that San Francisco and
tbe coast towns would not soon forget.
The streets were crowded, [tacked and
jammed by a rollicking, happy, good-
natured people wlio buried strangers
and friends alike in confetti; and rung
cow liells, blew' hornsand made a noise
and racket with every blood curdling
instrument they could get hold of, as
they wait«! to bid adieu to the old
year, and then w ith deafening cries of
“ Happy New Y’ear,” and a conglomer­
ation of noises heralded the new year—
1905. Steam whistles and hells from
different buildings joined in the jubilee
of proclaiming the advent of the year
which contains promises of tietter
tilings, success achieved where failures
were met with last year, the turning
over of new leave«, to lie blackened by
back-sliding within the next twenty-
four hours. Even though the better
thoughts for a pure and more blameless
life only lasted a few minutes, who
will say they were not better for hav­
ing them take possession of their hearts
for the moment. The incense arising
from purer and bettei thoughts left a
memory of something sweet in their
lives.
charge of the collection «if funds and
found little difficulty iu collecting the
amount iieeeiwary, as everytiody gladly
and willingly contributed to the
amount. The monument is yet to be
unveiled, but this is to be done shortly
with appropriate exercises. Mr. Sill
was one of the first teachers of the
Oakland High School and inter las-ame
Professor of English in the University
of California. He wrote a number of
(xM-ms of unusual merit, and the monu­
ment erected in his honor is a mark of
respect which the students of the High
School wished to show to his memory
and which was encouraged by liberal
donations from his many friends and
admirers.
i
WASHINGTON LEI 1ER NEW SHORT STORIES FACTS IN FEW LINES
[Special Correspondence.)
Serious thought 1» being given by
prominent members of congress who
are interested in the Punaiua canal to
the Introduction of a bill reduciug the
nutulier of meuibefs of the isthmian
canal <-oinm|a»loii. and no surprise
would lie o<. unioned among them, it Is
» lid. If the |,resident should agree that
Such a bill would be wise.
There has been talk for many months
that the large tueiulienthlp of the coin
mission was resulting in lack of har­
mony in the management of affairs.
Representative Hepburn, chairman of
the house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce, and others seem to
think that the chief engineer of the
commission ought to tie given wider
authority and held to greater account-
ability, without too much interference
and suggestion from the commission.
The charge is made that the chief en­
gineer has little opportunity to carry
out his own views as matters uow
stand and that there are too many
bosses over him.
It makes Polly feel cheerful and
happy for a whole day, wiieu I see the
hand of the law laid heavily on a man
for lieating his horse. The other day a
stout, able bodied man was whipping
an old horse up one of the steepest hills
in San Francisco. The wagoti was
heavily loaded, the horse so bony and
emaciated from insufficient to eat, and
Gold Plated Medale.
hard work, that he was not espial to
The semiofficial announcement that
the effort when it came to moving the the protest of the army officers against
heavily loaded wagon over the cobble­ exchanging their old medals of honor
stones that are a torture to man and for the gold plated medals recently or­
beast- Faster and faster fell the whip dered for them came too lute has not
on the gaunt old horse that strained stopped the flood of criticism from mil­
every nerve to move the load. Oaths itary circles.
The army officers find uo fault with
came thick and fast as the lash fell.
the mere fact tbut a change was made
The old horse trembled under the
because many private organizations
blows, then all of a sudden when the were imitating the government's in­
sjiectators were holding indignatiou signia of military honor. Wliat they
meetings on the side-walk, out step|>ed contend la that the government should
a little lady from the crowd, displayed lie ashamed to ask them to wear a
her star, showing that she w as a mem­ cheap gold plated medal. They would
ber of the Society of Prevention of be satisfied with a substitute of iron
Cruelty to Animals, and calling a or copper even, just so the medals
policeman had the great burly, inhu­ were •’solid.”
Scared the Clerk.
man fellow arrested. There was not a
soul there who was not ready to ap-l I The government clerks of Washing-
| ton have beeu suffering from a fright­
plaud theact but thediscomtlted driver.
ful scarce which, it now appears, was
He later paid a heavy tine liesides los­ without cause. The story was circu­
ing iiis horse which was condemned to lated that Representative Gillett of
be shot. I wish all these inhuman Massachusetts was going to Introduce
drivers could find just such an aveng­ a bill fixing their hours from 8 to 3.
The story was believed by tbe clerks,
ing angel as this courageous girl.
lieeause it was Mr. Gillett who engi­
neered the fixing of the closing hour at
BRIEF REVIEW.
4:30. It bad always been 4 o'clock un­
til he took a hand. Gillett has been
feared by the clerks ever since that
Travel in The Olden Time.
time.
it was a clear September day in Mon­
The story was start«l by a practical
treal, 1672, that Louis Joliet, a young joker who eujoys seeing the sufferings
Canadian, in the dress of a “coureurdu of other». Mr. Gillett says that he bad
I heard one young boy say, “My, hois,” ran down to the river and, plac­ no such intention aud had never had it.
Chief Red Cloud.
but I won’t do anything to the old ing his gun in a canoe, already pro­
Officets of the Indian bureau have
year, but help ring it out of existence, visioned with a bag of corn and a bag
and I will pound tin cans and blow of tobacco, sprang lightly into the boat beeu gtatlllod by the report from Al­
lotting Agent Bates that Chief Red
whistles for two hours before it goes and was soon breasting the strong cur­
Cloud, the noted Ogallala Sioux, had
out, to try and hurry it up. I have a rent of the St. Lawrence. The man car­ decided to take an allotment on the
ries!
a
commission
from
tlie
French
grudge against 1904, for it has been a
I’ine ltldge reservation in South Dako-
hard year on me. It robbed me of my Government authorizing him to lead an ! ta. This Is regarded as a move in the
mother, the only living relative I had | expedition from Mackinac to discover direction of breaking up the tribal re­
on earth. Took her just when I was and explore the great river of tlie West lations of that band, since tnauy of Red
able to make it easier for her, and she conjectured to empty into the Gulf of Cloud's followers have doubtless been
would not have to work so hard. I California. He also bore a commission preveuted from taking allotments by
had studied and kept up with my to Jacques Marquette of the mission of bis failure to avail himself heretofore
of the privilege aeconl«l him by tlie
school work while I tried to do some St. Iguace to be his assistant and com­
treaty of 1888.
panion
in
the
proposed
expedition.
little outside work, but that was very
PabRc Laud Matter».
little help to her. She insisted on my The prospect of a lonely voyage of 1000
No gauaaal legUiatlou uuieudatory of
attending sclusil until I graduated from miles in a canoe caused Joliet no appre­ the land laws will be enacted nt this
the Grammar school. I did that and hension of discomfort; for a companion session of congress, according to per­
was not ashamed of my record when I ; had he not in his gun, for warmth and sons who have followwl tlie subject for
handed it to my mother. Then I got cheer his camp tire, for solace his pipe, tlie last two winters. This will menu
a position at a good salary for a iiegin- and for protection there was his in­ that efforts looking to the repeal of the
ner, and before I had an op|M>rtunity verted canoe, I eneath which he could timber and stone act and of other acts
under which gross frauds have been
of handing her my first wages, which sleep unmindful of the elements.
perpetrated in taking up public lands
I bad been counting on witli so much
The Languages oi India.
will have to lie renewed next year,
pleasure for years, mother took pneu­
Among the 145 distinct languages when tlie Fifty-ninth congress as-
monia and died in less than a week. I
sembies for its long session.
tell you there is not much to live and , spoken in British India are some pos­
Spooner Well 1’1 a cod.
sessing
only
a
few
hundred
words,
work for when a fellow loses his mother
The senate lias always considered
A Sarcaatie Inscription.
and site ¡sail lie's got. It makes you others rivaling English, as Dr. Grier- that four committees are of tlie first
“In New York,” said an author, Bitter and cross with tlie whole world, ’ son, or Russian, a-s I would say, in their
rank in that body—finance, appropria­
"there la a rich man whose hobby is
it would not have been so bad even if copiousness; some in which every word tions, foreign relations and Judiciary.
autograph «Utions of books. His li­
' is a monosyllable, others in which some Usually when a senator secures a place
brary Is really remarkable. Take up I could have seen her enjoying a little
are elongated by agglutination ‘till they ou any two of these four committees lie
rest
and
taking
it
easy
while
I
took
In It a volume of Swlnburue, of Ros­
setti, of Guy de Maupassant, of Kip­ care of her. Yes, I’m glad tlie old year run to ten syllables, like da-pa-l-ocho- Is considered well placed, and conse­
akan-taheii-tae-tin-a-e-a Sontall word quently it is interesting to note that
ling. of George G lasing, of Tolstoi, of is gone, never to return.”
meaning: “He whobelougsto him who Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, by rea­
Baudot, of any modern writer almost,
aud you find on tke fly leaf nn Interest­
la-longs to tne will continue letting him- son of a late assignment, has a place
The death angel lias knocked at the
ou finance, foreign relations and Ju­
ing and affectionate letter from the
} self be made to fight.” Borneo! these
door of many, and there are vacant
diciary.
author to this man.
divers tongues lack verb and noun,
A Wonderful Lake.
“Very valuable these autographs chairs, and something gone out of our others are as complex and systematic
Senator Fulton of Oregon recently
must be, and very extensive must lie lives never to return. Yet, would we
as Greek and Latin.
gave the president a photograph and
the New Yorker’s acquaintance with call them back if we could ? They
history of Crater lake, which is de­
the best writers of tlie age. Yet there have passi-d out of the shadows and
Germans Deteriorating
scribed ns one of the great wonders of
are some who sneer at his autograph disappointments of life into the world
The school children of Berlin llave the world. Tbe lake occupies the cra­
editions, claiming to detect an amazing beautiful. They have laid down many
«lmilarlty in the handwriting of the crosses to receive a crown and eternal been examined by health officers this ter of an extinct volcano. It is five
dedicatory notes.
year for the first time, and the results and a half miles wide by six miles
"One night there was a party In the life. It is just over there and it brings were astonishing. Ten per cent were long. Is 2.000 feet deep in the center,
New York man's house. Among the us nearer to the bright beyond, and found to lie insufficiently developed, ■nd the water Is 2,000 feet below tbe
top of tbe crater. The banks of the
guests was an actor who Is very when tlie angel of death summons us,
either mentally or physically, to do the lake are reached by a dangerous climb
skeptical about the authenticity of the they will stand waiting at the gates
wonderful autographs. To him the ajar to receive their own. 11 is a lieau- school work, and had to be sent home down a small path. The water Is so
host sbow«l a new copy of Chaucer that tiful thought and one we like to dream to grow for six months. Sixteen per cold that so far fish have not been able
he had recently bought, and tbe actor, of and will cherish it as a balm to cent were found to lack strength to to exist these, but the fish commission
when no one wns looking, wrote on tlie siMithe our aching hearts. It is a lielief study, owing to the debilitating effect Is now making experiments with hardy
varieties of the finny tribe and believes
book’s fly leaf:
that the cynic cannot shake our confi­ of scarlet fever and other diseases, and it will succe«l iu installing several as
“ ’To Jack, from his dear friend and
five
per
eent
were
suffering
from
tulier-
permanent residents of the lake.
schoolmaster, Geoff Chaucer.”—Kansas dence in, and if our friends have passed eular troubles.
out with the old year, there will come
City Independent
Senator Cockrell'» Hoot».
a day when we shall meet and there
With the coming retirement of Sena­
The
Smallest
Island.
shall lie no more [«artings, no more
tor Cockrell of Missouri will go the
. Hired Relative».
The smallest inhabited island in the last pair of cowhide boots from the
One of the curious national branches tears.
world is that on which Eddystone senate. When be first took his seat
of Industry which have grown to enor­
mous proportion* In Bucharest, the cap­
The members of the Oakland High lighthouse stands, for at low water it twenty-nine years ago he wore this
ital of Roumanla. Is the noble profes School have just paid a lovely tribute is only 30 feet in diameter. At high antebellum footgear, and he still clings
■Ion of "hired relatives,” which un­ to the memory of a former teacher in water the base of tlie lighthouse, which to It.
The National Zoo.
dertakes to fumlsh 7«--everybody In the Oakland High School, Edward has a diameter of only a little over 28
The national zoo has Just received
want of parents, brothers, sisters,
Ilow land Sill. It is a monument located feet, is completely covered by water.
the fourth consignment of nnlmals and
aunts, etc., the necessary persons to
in Lafayette Square immediately south
birds sent to that Institution within the
represent them.
Money in Rats
pjst thlrfv days consisting, al! told, of
Persons who desire to get married, of the High School building. The
Rio Janeiro's Health Department in twenty-one specimens, the Joint gift of
fur instance, and have no parents to memorial is m the slia|>e of a bronze
figure at their respective weddings or sun dial mounted on a l«v-e of Ray­ an effort to aliate a plague of rats, of­ United States Consul John N. Ruffln of
who are in possession of such who de­ mond granite standing three and a fered ten cents for every dead rat. The Ascuncion. Paraguay; the zoological
cline to give their consent to the mar­ half feet high and being three feet consequence was that a syndicate was gardens of Buenos Ayres. Argentine
riage of their sons and daughters need square at the base, tapering toward the formed for the importation of the ver­ Republic: the national zoo of Rio de
do nothing more than station them top in irregular lines reaching a mini­ min, ami it was making money when Janeiro. Brazil; Hon. II. N. Squlers.
the Unlt«l States minister to Cuba,
selves near the entrance to the mar­
mum diameter of two feet, a large por­ it was exposed.
aud parties living on the Rio Grande
riage license bureau. There they will
river, in Texas. This collection Is quite
•oon find themselves accosted by some tion of the stone being left in the rough.
as Important as the one sent to this
Clerks Will Combine.
"gentleman” or “lady,” who for • mod­ On tlie side facing Eleventh street is a
country by Emperor Menellk, for the
erate sum of money is willing to take bronze plate bearing the following in­
The bank clerks of England are plan­
scription : “ Erected to the memory ning the formation of a union in order reason thnt It contains at least six
the place of the absent parent
For 20 lei ($4> quite a respectable of Edward Rowland Sill by the Oak­ to secure an increase of wages, which specimens that are In all probability
the first of their kind to reach this
looking father can be hired. Fifteen land High (’lasses of June ’98, Decem­
virtually condemn the clerks to “celib­ country.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
lei Is paid for a brother, and a fash­ ber ’W, and December 1901.” An­
ionably dressed mother costs the same other bronze plate on the side of the acy, lisigings and sixpenny lunches”
Mot Precipitate.
for life.
amount Investigation has disclosed
Cholly—It wan the first time I’d met
Imae and further removed from the
the fact that some of these profession­
Crabbe, mind yon. and he actually call­
Making Glass Bricks
al mothers have figured at weddings street liears the following |>oein written
ed me a fool. Hadn’t been talking to
by
Mr.
Sill
on
“
Life:
”
Glass house« of a very sulmtantial
fifty time« a year.
him ten minutes, don’t you know. What
” Forenoon »nd afternoon and night—Forenoon kind can lie built now. Silesian glass­
<ort of fellah Is he. anyway? Miss Pep-
And
afternoon
and
night
—
makers
are
turning
out
glass
bricks
for
Indirect Aciion.
prey—Well. he’s awfully slow, for one
Forenoon and—«hat !
Hix—Did that trip to Europe relieve The empty song repeat« Itself. No more >
all sorts of building purposes.
thing.—Catliollq Standard ami Times.
your mind of your family trouble«? Yea. that la life: Make this forenoon sublime,
Profit on a Tan.
Dix—Indirectly, ye«; It emptied my This afternoon a psalm, thia night a prayer.
Andrew Carnegie's gifts are said to
A man who bought an old metal tub
pocketbook so successfully that I was And time la oonquered and thy crown 1« woa.” aggregate 946,000,000 to 1290 libraries.
for 12 shillings nt Winchester found It to
obliged to take my mind off my family
Of this nunitier 779 are in the United
for avblle to replenish It. — Detroit
Mise Sadie Drinkwater, Mias Fannie State« and they alieorbed almost |30,- be the borough bushel measure of the
reign of george HI. and sold It to an
Free Press.
French and Edgar M. Sanbora had 000,000.
¿tuertean for £00.—London Mail.
•
it takes mail at least seven days to
go from Chicago to Loudon.
Sau Francisco is thinking of having
a world's fair on the completion of tbe
Panama canal.
The [W'shiiLlou of samovars (teaket­
tles« in Russia amounts to over 4,000,-
UOU rubles every year.
New blast furnaces are being erect«l
sn tbe lslaud of Elba, In the Mediter­
ranean. Tbe Isle Is famous for its
wonderful Iron ore.
A sarcophagus dating from the year
1000 and containing human remains
bus beeu discovered by some workmen
while digging u well iu the Rue des
Gobelins, Paris.
Bowie refused to have pictures of
himself made by a moving picture
company. It was Intended to use the
pictures us an attraction for one of the
side shows at tbe St. Louis fair.
The St. Louis fair has shown that
the inventions and discoveries which
are now doing the most to change
things are radium, the submarine boat,
wireless telegraphy, the aeroplane and
automobile.
The public health committee of Cam­
berwell. Ixindon. proposes to fit up the
public baths In the borough for cricket
, practice during the winter months. Ap-
i parently the Cnmberwellisns <lo nut
bathe In winter.
Teu years ago in England and Wales
there was one Insane person to each
324 of the population. Now the ratio
Is one to each 288. The Increase In
lunacy Is attributed to a considerable
degree to the Intense strain of inodern
life.
The Northeastern Railway company
of England Is experimenting with
small motor freight cars in tbe agrlcul
tural districts. They distribute ferti­
lizing materials and cattle feed to tlie
farmers mid return with farm produce
to be shipp«1 by rail.
It is benevolently suggested by the
Car that the trouble caused by lioys
who climb upon the seating accommo­
dation of slow going motor ears In
crowded thoroughfares might be eff«--
tlvely removed by a high tension wire
controlled by the driver.
The navy department Is after good
watches for tbe men and officers who
man our torpedo boats. It is said that
"I SAW A SAILOR IN THE rPI’KB OAI.LEBY.” from |75 to $150 is offered for an Amer
was uttering the words I saw a sailor can watch which can stand the con
in tbe upper gallery springing over the stant shaking which it must receive on
railings, let himself down from tier to these unstuble little craft.
tier until he bounded clear over tbe or­
Robert Moffatt is about to give up
chestra and the footlights and placed Midneck farm, Westerkirk, Dumfries.
himself beside me in u moment.
Scotland. The farm was originally
“ ‘Yes, you shall have at least one granted to Thomas Moffatt by Robert
friend, my poor youig woman,’ said he, Bruce In 1302. In 1070 the Moffatts
with great earnestness. ’I’ll go ball for sold it to the Duke of Buccleucb, but
you to any amount. And as for you,’ continued as tenants to this day.
turning to the frightened actor, 'If you
The British Society For the Promo­
don't shift your moorings, you lubber, tion of Kindness to Animals is going
it will be the worse for you.'
to make an effort to "secure for those
"The scene In the theater was inde­ who after a battle tended wounded an­
scribable, and the sailor refused to imals the same protection as Is uow
budge or to understand anything until accorded under the Geneva convention
the manager persuaded him to relin­ to those who succor wounded men.”
quish his care of me by pretending to
In Birmingham. England, resides one
nrrlve and rescue me with a profusion Tommy Tank, who has spent bls life
of theatrical bank notes.”
in alternate attempts to live up to and
to escape the lioodoo of his name. He
Proof Wanted.
has «lire«! tlie pledge forty times. Last
The late Senator Hoar, being learned week he made Ills one hundred and sev­
himself, had a great respect for enteenth appearance in the police court.
learned men. Mark Pattison in partic­
The Electrician announces that a con
ular was to him an object of reverend gross for the purpose of discussing the
study, and In speecbmaking Senator production and application of Roentgen
Hoar would often Illustrate some point rays will be held iu Berlin on April 30.
with an appropriate incident from Pat­ The occasion Is tbe tenth anniversary
tison's life.
of tlie discovery, and Professor Roent­
Thus in condemnation of youthful gen will be present as the guest of hon­
pertness and forwardness he said one or.
day In Concord:
The Indian bureau at Washington
“Mark Pattisou. with all bls knowl­ has decided that tlie Indian appropria­
edge, was perhaps n difficult man to tions are made for the sole benefit of
get along with. If you talked small the Indians "of the L’nit«l States prop­
talk to him, he snubbed you. If you er.” and therefore no more Alaskan
plunged Into deep and weighty mat­ Indians are to be accepted at any of
ters, he exposed your ignorance.
Its schools, and those already enroll«!
A youth once took an afternoon’s are to be gradually eliinlnat«!.
walk with Pattison. The latter was si­
Though butterflies and moths are
lent. The youtli talked of the birds,
found widely dlstrlliut«! all over the
the trees and the flowers, but be got
globe, they are by far the most abun­
no reply. Then quite Irrelevantly he
dant in the tsopics. For Instance. Bra­
said, with a pompous air, that Euripi­
zil can show to the collector not less
des was richer in human Interest than
than 700 different sp«'ies within at>
Aeschylus.
hour’s walk of Para. There are not
“Pnttlson glanced at him Impatient­
half as many In all Europe.
ly.
Kansas recently appropriated a sum
“ ‘Quote, sir, quote,' he said.”—Phila­
of money to give to the man who In­
delphia Bulletin.
vented a way to kill prairie dogs. A
Topeka man at once set to work to win
Tlie Groom’» Argument.
the prize, and in concoct'ng a mixture
The late ex Senator Ransom of North
breathed tlie fumes, which cured bfni
Carolina was in early life a famous
of catarrh. Now he has got out a pat­
planter. His plantation was a model
ent medicine Instead of a prairie dog
one, and from all over the state visit­
poison.
ors came to Inspect it.
A new sect known as John the Bap­
After the war he reduced his plant­
ing operations considerably, but he tist Pilgrims are conducting a mission
still kept up a handsome estate. He In the north of Ireland and are gaining
would often talk of the dissatisfaction fresh adherents dally. They believe In
of the reconstruction period and of the I baptism by Immersion, In having “no
naive views about salary that the certain dwelling place and In depend­
ing upon God for the necessaries of
freedmen of the time held.
“In my stable, for Instance,” he once' life.” They have all things In com
said. “I employed a skilled coachman mon and addreHs one another by their
and an unskill«i groom. To the coach­ Christian. numes.
i It was stated at a meeting In Lon
man. of course, I paid the largest
wages. The groom as soon as he found don that Europeans in Africa sotne-
times used tbe "trade” gin and rum
this out complained to me about It
“ ‘Wliat for,’ he said, ‘do you Pay sent out tor the natives for mixing
paint Instead of turpentine. No Euro
Henry more than me. sir?1
Penn ever drenrn«! of drirJdrg It. Pet­
“‘Befsn«e.’ I answer«! ’H*rry
to spirit made in Germany Is the princi­
skilled, experienced hand.’
“ ‘But then the work,’ said the pal m«llum of commerce with the nn
groom, ‘should come to him a good tlves of west Africa. Its use by the
deal easier than it does to me.’
Kan­ native« was described as "deadly.”
French West Africa is to be an Eve-
sas City Jourazi.
less paradise. The governor general
has intimated to the minister of tlie
A Pertinent Query.
Henry White of the Vnlt«l States colonies that the number of stations
embassy at London Is said to have be­ and posts offering facilities for mar
come very much an Englishman. One ried officers or functionaries are very
day he was correcting some lately ar­ few and thnt great Inconvenience is al­
rived fellow countrymen over some ready caused by tlie difficulty of pro­
trivial breach of etiquette. "Say. viding family quarters. The minister
White.” said one, more plain spoken is requested to stop the further ingress
than the others, "what a wonderful of families, and an order has just been
knowledge of English manners you Issued warning al! whom It may con­
have!” “Well. I flatter myself I have.” cern thnt appointments In west Africa
said White, tench pleased. "Why In must henceforth be accepted on the
thunder don’t you get naturalized?" basis of bachelorhood. Army offleers
will, of course, leave families behind
asked the otii«r.—Chicago News.
Ksali.au In Ik. Theater.
The Duchess of St. Albans used to re­
late an auetdote of herself when she
was the unknown Miss Mellon.
"When 1 was u poor girl.” she wrote,
"work, s; very hard for my 30 shillings
a week. I went dow n to Idvertmul dur­
ing my 'holidays, w here I was always
well received. I was to perform In a
new piece, one of those affecting little
dramas, and in my character I repre­
sented a poor. friendless orphan girl
reduced to the utmost poverty. A
heartless tradesman prosecutes the sad
heroine for a heavy debt and Insists
upon putting her in prison unless some
one will tie ball for’ her. Tbe girl re­
pili's:
" ‘Then I have no hope, for I haven’t
a friend in the world.’
“ ’What! Will no one be ball for you
to save you from going to prison?’ ask­
ed the stem creditor.
“ ’I have told you I have not a friend
on earth,’ was the reply, but just as I
Anecdote of t.ewl> Carroll.
Canon I.lddon wrote this In his diary
concerning an incident of a holiday tour
he took with his friend, Charles L.
Dodgson, better known as Lewis Car­
roll: "Dodgson was overcome by the
beauty of Cologne cathedral. I found
him leaning against the rails of the
choir and sobbing like a child. When
the verger came to show us over the
chapels he got out of the way. He
said that he could not bear the harsh
voice of the man In the presence of so
much beauty."
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TRr aomau was not old. bufsle com
plained that her eyesight was failing
fast. The oculist was a fatherly look­
ing old gentleman: consequMitly lie felt
privileged to put a few questions de­
cidedly personal and apparently mil«
professional.
"Do yog go to the theater «Wteu?” he
asked.
"Once or twice a week.”
"In what part of the house do you
sit?”
“Usually in the top gallery," came
th« hesitating reply.
"And now what grade of opera glass­
es do you use?"
"I’m afraid.” said tile woman, "that
they are not good.”
"1 thought so,” said the doctor,
“That’s what’s the matter with your
eyes, Poor opera glasses are ruining
them, If I had my way there wouldn’t
be a cheap pair of opera glasses on the
market. They are death to the eyes.
A couple of seasons of theater going
In tlie top gallery with poor glasses for
a steady companion are sure to dam­
age the best pair of eyes In town. Bet­
ter a hundred times let the glasses
alone. If you have a good, strong pair,
all right- go ahead and use them. If
not, trust to the nuked eye for making
out the mysteries of the play. The
sight will not suffer half so much.
’Toor glasses will not focus proper­
ly, and any one who uses them fre­
quently, especially at that distance
from the Btage, Is sowing the seed of
headaches, dancing lights and stars,
wrinkles and a host of other ocular In­
firmities."—Chicago Tribune.
HISTORY OF SHEEP.
Aaaoctated With Mankind From the
Earliest Known Day».
Of all domesticated animal“ ‘h’'
sheep has from time Immemorial been
most dosel* «asocia ted with mankind,
writes It. Henry Rew In Outing. An
erudite author sixty years ago. having
laboriously collated an assortment of
allusions to sheep made by sacred and
profane writers, concluded that "ths
history of these animals is so inter­
woven with the history of man that
they never existed In a wild state at
all. Biblical history from the time of
Abel Is full of allusions to the flocks
which formed tbe chief possessions of
the Jewish people and tlieir neighbors.
The spoils of war and the tribute of
vassal kings largely consistid of »beep.
Thus we read that Mesha, king of
Moab, was a sheep master and render­
ed mito the king of Israel a hundred
thousand iambs and a hundred thou­
sand rams with the wool. Moses after
bls victory over the Midianites obtain­
ed as loot no less than 675,000 sheep,
and long before the Christian era sheep
were cultivated In western Europe.
Spain and Italy possessed them from
an unknown period, although long after
Rome was founded the Inhabitants bad
not learned to sheer the fleece, and un­
til the time of Pliny tbe practice of
plucking it front the skin was not whol­
ly abandoned, so long thnt the humble
shepherds of Syria preceded In their
knowledge of necessary arts the future
conquerors of their country.
SNOWSLIDES.
They
Are Fearful of Speed and
Maxnlttceat Spectacle.
a
Snowslides are most frequent on
steep mountains that have a heavy
snowfall.
With a billowy train of
■now dust boiling out behind and over­
turning or crushing almost everything
before they make an awful and mag­
nificent spectacle. Tlieir speed Is some­
times so great that trees alongside are
overturned by the swamping force of
the air which the slide lias violently
disturbed.
There are many well authenticated
Instances where miners
I
have been
caught mi the surface of a slide and by
dexterous use of tlieir sk«-s have kept
on top of the engulfing surface of tlie
slide and come out uninjured. John
Muir once rode down from the high
Sierra on a snowslide. He was swish­
ed back down in a minute over a dis­
tance that had taken all day to climb.
One day while climbing up a steep
snowy slope a slide started beneath
uie. and for a tluio I wns on the sur­
face of its upper edge, where the snow
was about two feet deep. Wudlng a
torrent will give some Idea of the sweep
of the coasting snow. The snow dust
steamed and boiled up around me, and
each time I struggled to my feet the
rushing snow simply jerked my feet
from beneath me. At last, almost
smothered. I was dropped off the back
end upon bare ground.—Enos A. Mills
In Harper's Weekly.
Amrrlrin
Aaaurance.
Americans are not the most impu­
dent persons on the face of the earth
Nevertheless on occasion they can
give points to those of some other na­
tions. A traveler In Korea was dis
covered taking snapshots of Russian
soldiers and promptly arrested.
"Have you beeu photographing mj-
soldiers?” Inquired tbe officr
"Yes, and I should like to take yours.
I’erudt me!”
Snap, and the thing was done. The
Russian laughed, and the two men fell
into conversation. wLe.-eupon ilia Amor-
Icau said that lie had recently been In
Port Arthur.
'Tort Arthur!” exclaimed the Rus­
sian. "Impossible!”
“Oh, no; not impossible. Your com­
patriot* escorted me In." And. pulling
some photographs from his pocket lie
add«!, ”1 took these snapshots of your
torpedo destroyers as they scooped
down upon tbe little boat I was In."
The Russian looked from the man to
the pictures with undisguised amaze
ment. "Those are certainly our boats.”
be admitted.
"Perhaps you know their names and
will oblige me by writing them on the
backs of the picture».”
Ao Odd Opinion.
Like the queen of Sheba before Solo­
Do I believe In putting a stop to
swearing? No. I don’t If you prevent mon, there was no longer any spirit In
the workingman from swearing, and the Russian. Meekly he took the prof­
thus relieving his feelings, what will fered American pencil and upon tbe
happen? Why, be will go home and American's prints wrote tbe name« of
tbe Russian torpedo destroyers.
murder Ida family. G. Bernard Shaw.
The later*»« la It.
Not la the Pu»lllatle I.lae.
Pfpson—I wonder what there was In
tbe paper today about Masters? Grimes
—Didn’t know there was anything Pip
«on—Ob. there must have been. He
was saying to me that today’s Issue
was usually interesting.
Bull—Ye«. Miss Lang mentioned to
me last night that she knew you. By
the way, I never knew before that you
were a pugilist Cadley—I a pugilist?
BuB— Yes; she told me you were a
"lightweight’'—Philadelphia Press.
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