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pity that every city and town in the
U uited States could not have just as
euthusiaatic and conscientious work*
era, who would join in making it easier
for tile dumb animals that must *>>*k
under the lash and abuse by word and
deed for their faithful servitude.
A »TORV OF THAQKERAY.
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TMac’keray was dellthFful as a story
Mlsv. -Oae »venlng I remember mam
•aa give a dluuea party In bls honor.
I was allowed to alt up till 8:30 «'clock
Dinner In thoae day» was (M «30.
When the party came Into the drawing
room I was there In my new white
muslin with a light blue sash. Mr.
Thackeray took possession of me, much
to my delight. I remember sitting on
kls knee In a corner of the room, and
he told me stories. There was one
about a Uttle boy named Peter, with
close cropped red hair and a very snub
little uose and bright blue eyes. Peter
was quite a character, and the recital
of bls adventures was of the most In
teresting nature. I twisted myself
with delight. I laughed so heartily
that Mr. Thackeray grew funnier and
funnier.
"You must go to bed now." said mam
ma, coming up. "People want to talk
to Mr. Thackeray."
"Let me stay up,” I cried, clinging to
him.
"Five minutes more,” said Mr. Thack
eray, looking at bls watch. "Five mln
utes, and then she will go to bed.”
He changed tbe nature of Peter’s ad
ventures. They became quite sad. The
little lad, I remember, was brought be
fore the police, although he was utter
ly Innocent "He seemed so plucky as
he sat there,” said Mr, Thackeray.
“The police said his head must be cut
off, but he did not say a word. He
looked like a small soldier. Ah, my
lunettes got quite misty with my tears
when I looked at him.” And Mr
Thackeray pointed to his spectacles. 1
did not In tbe least see the Incongruity
of the police cutting off Peter’s head
or of Mr. Thackeray being there to see
the little fellow. I was not laughing
now. The tears were in my eyes when
a hand was put on my shoulder, It
was Reine, who had come to fetch me.
Other guests were arriving, and all
were waiting to be Introduced to the
illustrious novelist. The sudden ter-
ruination of the story Just at its most
agonizing crisis was too much for my
thrilled nerves. I lifted up my voice
and wept aloud, and I was carried out
in Relne’s anns and put to bed. As I
lay weeping on my pillow, thinking of
poor little Peter’s fate, of his Innocence,
of his bravery, a shadow bent over me.
It was Mr. Thackeray, who had come
In to comfort the weeping child, and he
told me that Peter was saved and that
he had lieen adopted by a rich lady
and that be rode In a coach to school.
I was comforted. I sat up tn bed and
kissed Mr. Thackeray. When he stole
out of the room I fell asleep, to dream
of the little red haired boy whose ad
ventures I had heard.—Alice Cockran
In Outlook.
FORTIFICATIONS.
They Play but a Secondary Hole la
the Defense of States.
A fortress spells immobility and dis
pension. We should therefore look
askance at it until proof is given that
it has a definite purpose to fulfill in a
reasoned scheme of strategy. We must
not allow ourselves to be led away by
the glamour surrounding a heroic de
fense. We must look to the end and
leave panegyrics to poets. We must,
kt short, regard all fortification as an
auxiliary and nothing more. A for
tress, because It Is a fortress and be
cause It Is ours, Is not necessarily an
advantage and may be the reverse. If
we gain battles we gain the enemy’s
fortresses; If we lose them he gains
ours, whether they are In the Interior
or upon tlie sen. In each case the lar
ger the garrison the greater the disas
ter. Fortresses, and. In fact, all fortlfl
cations, have never played anything but
a secondary rale In the defense of
stntes, and no nation has ever yet been
saved by them. They can as auxil
iaries occasionally assist an army and
they can aid naval capital, wisely in
vested and wisely used, to b<-ar splen
did interest, but they can never re
establish moral superiority when once
it Is lost nor create it by the virtue at
taching to its parapets if it does not
exist. Over the portals of the fortress
or harbor of refuge should be written
in the largest and blacki'st of charac
ters the words that Dante discovered
over the gates of hell.—Military Cor.
London Times.
VALOR AND HEROISM.
Proof That the Real Rrand of It El-
flntn In South America.
"Every country lias Its heroes, and it
is refreshing to read something of the
heroic In the history of the countries
south of us,” said a thoughtful man.
"In a history of Routh America atten-
tlon Is called to a number of things
which tend to show that the popular
estimate of valor and heroism In that
section of the world mny not tie alto
gether the correct one. It Is related
that once the Peruvian monitor Iluas-
cur fought against three Chilean ships.
"After both Admiral Grau and his
flag lieutenant were killed Captain
Aguirre took command, was killed, and
then succeeded by Captnin Carbajal,
who was put hors de combat by a shell.
Tl.e command devolved then on T.’on-
tenant Rodrigue, wlio was killed; then
on Lieutenant l’alaclous. who was dis
abled. and Anally Lieutenant Gareyon.
with the ship on Ore. three feet of wn-
ter in the hold and with a loss of half
his officers and crew, was forced to
strike his flag. On July 23. 1879. the
Huascar was in action ngalnst the
Chilean ship Abtao. Torpedoes at that
time were not much understood, and
one, being fired from the Huascar,
through faulty mechanism returned
back straight upon the ship. Seeing
thia and knowing that If the ship was
struck she must sink. Lieutenant Diaz
Cansco jumped overboard and In the
water with ills hands altered Its course
just before It came in contact with the
•hip.”
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Aa CAM Whlat Deal.
A curious band at whist was dealt at
Cfrimaby. England, racently. The cards
▼Ws •huffed and dealt In llie usual
▼ay. bu» when the players looked nt
tbslr hands they found thnt one of
•hem had twelve spades, another elev-
*h hearts, the third man twelve dia
mond* and the fourth eleven clulia.
were trumps.
“That woman has money to burn,”
said a gentleman, the other day, gs a
gaudily dressed woman passed. “Hhe
spends mints of money on her clothes,
too, but the trouble is----- . In the first
place, she has no taste w hatever; she
buys costly goods, takes them to a
dressmaker who ought to be able to
give her a few pointers on styles that
would be suited toiler. But, no; she is
afraid of losing her wealthy customer,
and she coincides with her in all of her
peculiar notions and she comes out at
tired likes |ieacock, only she lacks the
harmony and grace that the |>eacoek
naturally poaseseee. I really feel that I
owe the peacock an a|sdogy for com
paring Mrs. B-----’»attire with its beau
tiful mantle of glossy feathers. The
styles she selects would lie becoming to
a ltt-year-old girl, but she is so afraid of
being thought old that she goes to ex
tremes. I n the second place, she does
not know how to wear her clothes when
she gets them. Hhe never puts them
on straight. If her hat is to be worn
back on the bead she tilts it over her
nose; if it Is to be worn over the face,
as fashion has decreed, then she changes
the style so as not to look like every
body else and tilts it to one side. In the
third place, she makes the grievous
blunder of not being neat. Herclotlies
not only look slouchy, but they are in
every sense of the word. If she ball
pens to lift her dress you will see a
fringe of uneven lengths on her skirts;
not only that, but they are seldom free
from mud or dust and show that she
has swept the streets with them—a
great aid to the street sweejier, I assure
you. Yet she is constantly talking of
being afraid of microbes, and wants
everything ateriliaed that comes into
the house. She poses as a new woman
aud spends the time she ought to be
attending to her household aitairs in
arguing her plea for woman's suffrage,
etc., and it is just her type of woman
kind that is doing more harm to the
cause of woman's sutt'rage than any
thing else. I have no patience with
her. My wife does not begin to have
even a tenth part of what she has to
spend on clothes, etc., but she knows
how to wear them, has taste and good
sense in the bargain, aud, best of all,
she is as neat as a pin.”
It pays to devote time and attention
to your attire, and every girl should be
taught from her infancy up to lie neat
and particular in regard not only toiler
attire, but in the home circle as well.
A place for everything and everything
in its place. Nothing looks more un-
tidy than to have buttons oil' your shoes
or rusty and broken shoe laces. A 10-
cent bottle of shoe polish goes a long
way, and there is no need to have your
shoes looking brown and rusty. With
a little care, too, the gloves may be kept
in perfect order, and no lingers looking
inquisitively from the rip|>ed lingers.
A young girl remarked in my presence
the other day: “Give me nice gloves
and shoes and I feel dressed. I don’t
care so much for the outside garments,
but I do want everything else dainty
and sweet,” and I think she but echoed
the feelings of many other girls. They
will never lie caught with frayed skirts
and rusty shoes and shabby gloves.
Such a girl, too, is usually orderly in
her home. If she wants a ribbon she
can put her hand on it in the dark, and
it is so with everything else she has
anything to do with. There is a place
for everything and there it must be
found. It is easy to fall into a slip-shod
way of doing things, and whenever a
mother sees that tendency in her chil
dren, she should bend every ellbrt to
ward training them to do things prop
erly in the beginning — no half way
about it. They will stsin become thor
ough little liousekee|>ers, ami l<s>k with
pity upon those who are disposed to
take things easy at the expense of their
home and their own is-rsonal appear
ance.
The Humane Society of Louisville,
Kentucky, are proving to the residents
of tiiat city and vicinity that they are
in earnest in their laudable work, and
transgressors must sutler for any ill-
treatment of their friends, the horse,
etc. They have just had thousands of
dodgers printed, in big, black type,
with the words of warning, “ Please
blanket your horses,” and every one of
the 318 members of the organization is
taking particular pains to place them
in conspicuous places, where they may
lie seen by drivers of horses. The (sist
ers are seen especially on the river front
and near wharf Isiats, w here the horses
frequently stand for hours at a time,
exposed to the biting weather. These
dodgers, too, are placed in vehicles
where the horses are tied to a hitching
|sist while the ownersand their families
are attending church. If the |ss>r
animals, trembling with cold, could
sjieak! What a tale of woe would lie
heard, and what a scathing rebuke
would be administered to those who
were enjoying the religious service
while their horses suffered on the out
side. It wouldn’t take much time to
blanket them, blit the owners are sim
ply thoughtless — they don’t stop to
think of the animals until they are
ready for the drive home. William
Tynan, w ho is field agent of the Louis
ville society, sticks the disigers under
the harness when he finds a horse un
protected from the cold, and he states
that usually when he calls the attention
of an owner or driver of a horse to its
sufferings, a blanket is invariably pro
vided, and it is simply carelessness on
the part of the owners tlfft I letter eate
is not taken of the animals. Iawt year
this society took care of five thousand
horses. This is a good record. 'Tis a
I knew a man who loved dumb ani
mals, particularly horses, ami he made
it very unpleasant for anyone he caught
abusing them. He rebelled when peo
ple would tie their horses th a hitching
poet and leave them exposed to a driv
ing storm that pelted them unmerci
fully, while they were seated comfort
ably in a warm church listening to the
sermon, and time and again lie would
untie tile horses and drive them to a
stable and request the stableman to feed
them. When the services were over
consternation and alarm would take
possession of the owners, until they
would find the notice on the hitching
post to call at such and such a stable
for their horses. They didn’t like it
very much, but still they never carried
out their threats to have the gentleman
arrested for interfering with their af
fairs, and it tended to make them more
careful in the future.
BRIEF REVIEW.
A Lost Invention.
In certain classes of spectroscopic
work a concave mirror is uses! on which
are engraved parallel lines, sometimes
100,000 to the inch. Professor How land
of John Hopkins University, a scientist
of splendid mechanical ability, in
vented a machine for making these
lines. Its principal mechanism was a
screw with an exceedingly flue thread
that had to be cut and ground under
water by a method hitherto unknown,
which the professor taught only to his
head mechanic. These two men alone
held this priceless secret for years and
ground out the machines regularly for
the whole world, but did not grind out
the secret with them. Then one day
Schneider, the head machinist, died.
Professor Howland at once set to work
teaching the secret to another foreman,
but before it was accomplished How
land himself died. Is the secret lost?
It remains to lie seen. Attempts have
lately Is-en made to cut a new screw
like those cut by Schneider and Pro
fessor Howland, and the scientific
world is waiting the result with great
interest. If it fails the three machines
already in working order will be price
lean.
Chemists and Theologians.
The Chicago newspapers continue to
lie deeply impressed from time to time
by paroxysms of intelligence thrown by
professors of the University of Chicago.
They lately reported Professor Mat
thews as declaring to his class in phy
siological chemistry that “certain
chemical substances coming together
under certain conditions do and are
bound to produce life, no matter what
theologians may say. ” Why drag in
the theologians? All that an intelli
gent modern theologian would care to
say is that God is everywhere, aid the
creative energy penetrates and is coex
tensive with all substances. Professor
Matthews may liea lietter chemist than
theologian, but if his chemistry is
sound, it can vex no sound theology.
Museum oi Peace and War.
A strange museum has been founded
at Lucerne. It is entitled the Museum
of Peace and War, and is intended as a
complete history of war from the ear
liest times. The contents are war-like
arms of all nations, Issiks, prints re|e
resenting the horrors of war in their
most realistic aspect, and everything
that can throw a candid light upon a
grim subject. The founder of the mu
seum is M. Jean de Bloch, a wealthy
Pole, who is philanthropic, and per
haps a trifle eccentric, ami he has
chosen Lucerne for the site as living
the place most likely to attract the
largest number of cosmopolitan VÍHÍ-
tors.
Division of Crops.
11 has lieen figured out that if the 1904
crops were equally divided every man,
woman and child in the United States
would receive 1 barrel of flour, 200 eggs,
140 quarts of milk, 1 bushel of apples
and 2] bushels of other fruitsand ber
ries, 3 bushels of potatoes and 2 bushels
of carrots, beets, parsnips and turnips,
11 heads of cabbage, 28 bushels of corn,
70 pounds of cotton, (i pounds of wool
for clothes and enough leather for two
|>airs of shoes.
Microbes by Millions.
In the course of an interesting talk on
the subject of London fogs, Sydney
Brooks makes some surprising state- J
menta concerning the quality of air that
Ixindoners are compelled to breathe.
“ For every microbe that you fimi in !
mid-ocean air you find 13,000 in the at-1
mosphere of the four-mile ratlins. '
Among mountains, you inhale with I
every cubic inch of air 31,000 particle*;
in London 10,000,000. ”
Famous Sprinter a Pauper.
Bill “Crow-Catcher” Lang, one of
the greatest long-distance runners the
world has ever seen, is an inmate of the
almshouse at Salford, England, a <le-
•erepit, withered old man. His record
of 9 minutes IIJ seconds for two miles,
made in IMS, is still the professional
record.
Remarkable Old Man.
One of the most remarkable old men
in the old world is Saikali Imamedda,
regimental ohaplain of the Eighteenth
Bengal Infantry in the English army.
He is 130 years old and can still read
without glasses.
Magistrate — Ah. they have* caftght
you drunk again, eh? Hobo—No. yer
honor; impersonatin' an office^ dia time.
I guess dey caught me asleep in ■ door
way.—Philadelphia Press.
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•.VASliINGTON LETTER HUMOR «F THE HOUR FACTS IN FEW LINES
ISp« 3a I Correspondence !
Reptasentative Tirrell of ^lussacha-
•ejts introduced in tbe bouse a bill pro
viibag for tbv^urcbase by tlie gAvern-
u*nt of tlie fun length portrait of the
late Presidept kIcKl*ley by Charles
Ayer Whipple, tli> well known Ameri
cun artiM. It proposed to place the
|ainline, w hich was made shortly be
fore Mr. McKinley's death, either tn
tlie White House, where han* the por
traits of many of the presidents, or in
the capitol building.
The painting has been placed In the
marble room of the senate, where It at
tracts considerable attention from sen
ators and visitors. Displayed In an ex
cellent light, the huge canvas, In a
heavy gold frame, is u striking object.
The likeness Is excellent, especially the
figure, which [ossesses the character
istics of President McKinley so famil
iar to those who knew him.
President McKinley is represented
standiug beside a desk upon which,
with his hand resting upon it, is the
treaty of peace with Spain. The sig-
nature Is quite plain and la a fuithful
reproduction of Mr. McKinley’s hand
writing. The face Is thoughtful and
shows some lines of care. The desk
which Is portrayed in the picture was
presented to this government by the
lute Queen Victoria and Is made of
timbers of the ship Resolute.
A SSv..n« Hint.
I HEOi EAX STEAMERS
Senator l’ettus of Alabama Is eighty-
four years old and has never been
known to take medicine since he came
to Washington.
She—We are to have some music and
"How do you keep so well?” asked
Sergeant at Arms Ransdell, who has a a little supper next Thursday evening
little apothecary shop for the benefit of I hope you can come.
He—The music will be rendered be
senators. "Don’t you ever see a doc
fore supper, I suppose.
tor?"
She—Ob, yes.
"Oh. yes, I see a doctor,” Senator Pet
He—Well, you may expect me, but-
tus said. “I go and talk with my physi
cian frequently. He gives me prescrip er—I may be a little late.
tions, and I never have ’em filled, and
All Outlet.
consequently I always feel good.”
Teacher—Who was that who laughed
Wolf llantlna In Texan.
Cecil Lyon, national committeeman aloud?
Pupil—I did, sir. but I didn't mean
of the Texas Republicans, was recent
ly In Washington to remind President to do It
Teacher—You didn’t mean to do it?
Roosevelt of an attraction awaiting
Pupil— No, sir; I laughed in my sleeve,
him on Ills southern trip. Cecil Lyon
desires to introduce the president to a and I did not know there was a bole in
sport he himself Invented—the hunting my elbow.—Boston Transcript
of big timber wolves with home and
An Eye to Boilneu.
bound.
Head of the Firm—I was Just going
President Roosevelt has experienced to discharge that bookkeeper when be
about nil the perils and Joys of sports
married a rich widow.
manship in the field and by stream, but
Friend—Well, it's all the easier now.
Cecil Lyon has promised him a sensa
"Heavens! I wouldn’t do it for any
tion that shall surpass all his experi thing now. We need her money in the
ence If he will promise to ride over the business.”—Brooklyn Life.
Texas prairie after the only pack of
wolfhounds In that state.
Mot Illa.
Monanienf For Gridley,
“I don't see why Peckham should
Senator Alger recently Introduced a make n poor mouth all the time. He
bill appropriating «5.000 for the erec commands a good salary every week of
tion of a monument to the memory of his life.”
Captain C. V. Gridley, who command
"He may command It, but his wife
ed Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia demands It every week.”—Philadelphia
at the battle of Manila Bay.
Press.
In connection with tlie presentation
A Dlnndvantaae.
of the bill Senator Alger had read a let
"I suppose tbe czar was thankful for
ter written by Mrs. Gridley to Presi
dent Roosevelt. In this letter Mrs. one thing at least when those bullet*
Gridley stated that she Is working as whistled over his head.”
"What was that?”
a clerk in one of the executive depart
"Thankful thnt he wasn't any taller.’
ments of Washington and Is financial
ly unable to erect the monument her —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
self. She therefore asks the president
After the Consultation.
to exercise his Influence in the Interest
"Well, Drs. Brown and Smith are go
of the monument.
Ing to operate upon old Gotrox.”
Wanted the Priace.
"Is the operation necessary?”
A stranger sauntered up to the west
"Why, yes; Brown has a note coming
door of tbe house the other day, calling due, and Smith wnnts an automobile.''
for the prince. Doorkeeper Wiley has —Puck.
tened Inside and soon brought out the
Illinois representative.
How They Differ.
"Who wanted Mr. Prince?” he asked,
Roftleigh— What’s the difference lie
looking Into the faces of a score of tween a homeopath and an allopath?
waiting people.
Hardhead—A difference of opinion
"I," said th* tai! stranger, peering usually. Yopkers Herald
curiously at the Illinoisan.
"You are not the man.” he added aft
The Mirror'« Philosophy.
er taking another look.
A mirror met hy chance a window pane.
"Well. I'm the only Prince on the "Good friend," the latter begged, "car
explain
floor,” replied the member from Illinois. Why you
our good mistress lavishes on you
“Oh. I see,” rejoined the stranger. "I Such loving care and such devotion true.
want the rea.1 thing. I said the prince." While I, though ever eager for a chance
am seldom favored with e
The doorkeeper, who had overheard To serve,
glance?"
the colloquy, then hastened Inside again "The reason, gossip, is not far to seek,’’
to bring out Prince Jonah Kuhio Ka- Replied the mirror as he rose to speak.
Inninnaole, formerly of the reigning "Through you each day her neighbors
charms are shown;
house of Hawaii.
I, wiser, tell of nothing but her own."
CARL SCHOFIELD.
—Lippincott's Magazine.
In 1890 tbe last Instance of boiling to
dMth took place in ^rsia.
Copper money iu France Is being
gr^lually replaced bp aluminium
bronze pennies of a pale yellow color.
The great beat and drought In
Franre, Italy and Spain last summer
are said to have injured the pros(>ects
of the next erop of oBves.
In every seventy years the average
Dian grows a beard twenty-five feet
long, hair almost fifty feet long and
nails twenty-three feet long.
The attempt to reacb the summit of
Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, In
1DU2 having failed, a new exjiedltiou Is
to leave Europe in June for another
trial.
A veteran of the National home at
Togus, Me., baa sent President lloose
velt a sofa pillow decorated with ills
own needlework. This man is eighty
years old und works without glasses.
While chopping at Munroe, Conn-
Patrick Gorman felled a hollow maple
tree which was the temporary home of
a coon weighing seventeen pounds. The
pelt is now among Gorman's prized pos
sessions.
A writer In the Lancet says In regard
to some American cities that "the pre
vention of public amusements on Bun
days seems to them to be much more
Important than the prevention of the
pollution of rivers.”
At present New Zealand is distinctly
an agricultural and dairying colony,
but recent investigations by engineers
as to tbe possibilities of deriving elec
tric power from river and waterfalls
Indicate that It may become a great
manufacturing center.
The best lunguage for making love Is
said to lie the Manx, because it lias
ninety-seven ways In which to say "my
sweetheart.” The Irish language Is a
close second In the number of endear
ing terms, however, and lias the added
advantage that most of these words
are extremely soft and euphonious.
An English policeman tbe other day
found a tramp asleep In a field near
Accrington. When arrested the man
begged not to lie sent to Jail, saying It
was "so drafty In prison.” He was
known to the police as a man who could
sleep standing or walking, but pre
ferred to sleep in an open field regard
less of rain or snow.
The Albambra Music bull, Loudon,
placed at its door a box with a slot in
It for the receipt of suggestions from
patrons for tbe name of a new exhibi
tion to be given. When tbe box was
finally opened a number of coins were
found in It, contributed by people who
thought it had been placed at the door
for some charitable purpose.
A farmer at Brokenback, near Mai
don. In Victoria, while plowing recently
turned up a nugget of gold weighing
fifty-two and three-quarter ounces. The
country is chiefly granite, and gold was
not known to exist In the neighborhood.
Quartz was attached to the nugget, al
though In places It was water worn.
No further discoveries have been made.
There are in London 2.711 cab propri
etors, and of these 2,224 own fewer
than five vehicles. As you see, it Is a
poor man's industry. There is only one
large eompuuy—the London Improved
('ah company, which owns 500 cabs,
In the main, then, the small proprietor
—tbe "mush”—who owns a few cabs
and drives one himself controls the
trade.
A clergyman at Hiawatha, Kan-
preached a sermon on "Giving" recent
ly. He said that he did not want a
single member of his congregation to
give a cent to any missionary cause as
long as he owed a cent to any man at
home. He further stated that it was
necessary to pay one's debts with one's
business associates before paying them
to the heathen.
It has been found Impossible to pre
serve in any way the skin of the great
Indian rhinoceros which recently died
In the London zoological gardens after
a residence there of Just forty years.
The carcass was handed to the taxider
mists, by whom it was skinned, but In
consequence of its poor condition the
idea of mounting It was altogether out
of the question.
A feature of the low street life in To-
kyo is the "kuislia,” or "moxa” doctor,
who applies small pads made of certain
dried herbs to the skin. These he sets
afire, the ensuing blisters being sup
posed to lie most effective as a cure for
various ailments. Among the doctor’s
remedies are rhinoceros pills, warrant
ed a sure cure for tightness of the
chest, gnashing of the teeth and de
pression of spirits.
The petroleum lieariug strata show
remarkable resemblance In formation
and composition the world over. Ev
erywhere they are bituminous clay
shales and variegated clays Interstrati
fled with sandstones and conglomer
ates. Lhmwtones. which may occur in
such series, contain tarry materials,
but rarely true petroleum, the only not
able exception lielng tbe Trenton lime
stone of Ohio and Indiana.
Curious atmospheric conditions pre
vailed in Switzerland at tbe beginning
of this year. While the valleys were
shrouded In dense, cold mists the re
glons above a thousand yards In ele
vation bad a blue sky and sunshine so
warm tU.it uwit-tou'u off their coats t
work.
Strawlierrles and aljienroees
were In bloom. The practice of keep
ing the mountain hotels open In win
ter Is coming more and more Into
vogue.
The Primrose league, founded by
English Tories in honor of Lord Beac
onsfield, Is twenty-one years old. hav
ing risen from an original membership
of 957 to 1,(180,387. It Is peculiar as
being tbe first great political organlza
tlon to Invite the participation of worn
en In Its membership and to some ex
tent In Its management. Avowedly
carried on to support Conservative lead
ers. of course. It rarely discusses and
never criticises their action.
A naval officer one day noticed two
sailors In earnest confab. One of them
was imparting- Information to bis com
panion of a very agreeable nature,
judging from his beaming countenance.
The officer in relating the Incident
says the manner of the speaker amused
him very much. As he passed by the
All She .Wanted.
man raised his voice, with the unmis
"Do you think, young man, that yog takable intention of being overheard,
Could give my dni*bter all she asks saying to bls companion:
for?” questioned papa grtmly.
“I mean to give up this seafaring life
“I—aw thl*k so, air,” giurmured the when my time Is out. I am going to
lover bashfully. "She says she wants marry a rich widow woman, the dere
only I*».”
lict ef a butcher.”
Teat possesses wonderful antiseptic
and preservative qualities owing to the
presence of tannin, iron and other sub
stances In it. Here is an Instance: At
the time of the covenanters, in 1085,
three men were shot at a place called
Crossgelloch on the moors above Old
Wooden Rh.sa.atlam.
Cumnock, in Scotland. In 1825, when
a monument was being erected to their
“And you Bay the rheumatism'! In
memory, tlie workmen came upon the your left lag. colonel?"
"It la, sir.”
corpses rolled In their plaids. The bod
ies were in exactly the same state ns
"Why; that’s your wooden leg!”
when they were burled. The nFiss bad
"I know It, sir," replied the colonel.
preserved them as If they bad lieen eui "That makes It all the harder.*’—Atlan
ba lined.
ta Constitution.
The Swayne Trial.
A marked lack of solemn ceremonial
will attend the Swayne Impeachment
trial In the senate. Even that deliber
ate body has not the time or the in
clination to observe the forms that have
marked some of the fumous Impeach
ment trials of the past. It is probable
tliut the Swayne ease will be conduct
ed with the same simplicity and lack of
show that mark the ordinary court of
justice In this country. It was not so
in the days when the republic was
young. The impeachment trial of Jus
tice Samuel Chase of the United States
supreme court was a notable affair.
Rare Collection of Silver.
At the German embassy in Washing
ton there is now perhaps the finest and
most complete collection of silver-
frames, sconces, mirrors and every
manner of tableware and drawing room
ornament—to be found in the world.
They are the property of Ambassador
von Sternburg and are the oldest au
thenticated and registered productions
of tlie ancient Saxon and Bavarian sil
versmiths. Many of the pieces bear
date of 1430.
The silver came Into the bouse of Von
Sternburg as spoils of war. One of the
direct progenitors of the ambassador
was In command of an army division
of that elector of Saxony who espoused
the cause of Luther and laid siege to
several cith'S of the Holy Roman Em
pire. This General von Sternburg re
ceived the entire silver treasures of a
great monastic establishment on tbe
lower Rhine, and they may be seen to
day In the home of the kaiser’s repre
sentative at Washington.
fllere are degrees and varieties of
bints. Philip «tn only *jx; but. provid
ed the hint wen atrotig enough, he was
able to recognise oue when M case bls
,w*i*. , *
*
Oue day he ha<t been visitlug bls
grandmother. (>u his returu his moth
er askixl the boy if he had bad a pleas
ant day.
"Yes,” replied l'iiili|\ with a deep
*th. "I had a dandy time, but I wish
grandma wouldn’t give such awfully
strong hints.”
"Why, dear, what kind of a hint did
she give you?”
"Well,” breathed the little chap in-
dlguautly, "Just before supper time she
Bald, 'Well, Philip, don't you think it’s
Just aliout time you were going
home?' ”—Lippincott’s Magazine.
Ills Favorite,
"Whut's your favorite occupation
these days?”
"Distilling.”
“Why, 1 didn't know you were a dis
tiller.”
"I'm not!”
"Then why do you say you are fond
of the occupation?”
“Because I appreciate the product!”—
New Orleans Timed-Democrat.
Ancient Hnnior,
Achilles had just been wounded in
the heel.
"Cheer up,” Bald Agamemnon.
“Ho!” responded Achilles. “I sup
pose you want me to go to a cheerupo-
diet.”
This shows that the great warrior
bad a lead of humor running through
him.—Judge.
Plenty of Slttlna Places.
Clara—You don’t mean to say you
have been out skating all the after
noon! I should think you'd be awfully
tired. I suppose there was no place
where you could sit down.
Kate—Oh, yes, there were places all
over the pond. I used them all. I guess.
—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A Born Diplomat.
Pettu«* Idea of Doctor«.
Tautology.
Teacher—What is tautology? Boy-
Repetition. Teacher—(live me an ex
ample. Boy—We are going io have
sheep's head for dinner, and,my sister
Elsie's young man Is coming to dinner
also. Teacher—Go up top.
FLOATING CITIES WITH A VARIETY
OF OCCUPATIONS.
The IlhrriiuR til Industry
and the
Trade* and >*rufeoalone That Are
Hrpreaenlrd la Ihr Crew or a «.real
Atlantic Liner.
Tbe great Atlantic liners have ofteu
been descritied as floating cities, un*
tn at least one particular the compari
son is entirely accurate—that la to say.
In the variety of occupations represent
ed on shipboard. A big steamship will
In her flight from laud to land carry a •
population of ¡H-rbaps 2,000, of whom
the majority, of course, are passengers
-people of all professions and hues
of business. Leaving passengers out
of account, however, uud considering
only the 500 or thereabouts who go to
make up tlie liner's crew, one will eas
ily find representatives of nearly all
the trades of u thriving community
ashore.
This diversity of industry represents
an evolution—or, rather, a revolution—
that has come along with the develop
ment of tlie gigantic modern steam
ship. In the old days of sailing ships
all the members of the vessel's crew
were sailors mid performed one part or
another of a sailor’s work. Even the
redoubtable cook was usually much
better versed In matters relating to
spars and ratlines than he was in tbe
secrets of the culinary art. But tMliiy
the status is different. Navigation of
the big Atlantic fliers Is a complicated
task, and the number of men required
to carry It on Is ten times greater than
on even the biggest ships of a century
ago. The variety of their vocations
lias of course lieen multiplied to corre
spond with the Increased complexity.
The sailors are in a small minority
nowadays. True, you will see a num
ber of seamen on the big ships, and
these still have their duties to perform,
duties which, however, have nothing
to do with the handling of sails, for
not In a number of years has cauvas
been spread on any of the big liners.
But common sailors seem few In com
parison with the men of other trades
whose usefulness on shipboard tbe sea
captain of a generation or two ago
would have found hard to explain or
even understand.
Some of the greatest changes In the
conditions of service have come aliout,
naturally enough, through the Intro
duction of steam machinery. Tlie pres
ence of machinery means that the liner
must carry not only a number of engi
neers, but also several machinists to
keep In order the complicated mechan
ism of pumps and blowers and deck en
gines which a big vessel carries. Then,
since every great passenger ship Is pro
vided throughout with a modern plumb
ing system, she must have In readiness
a qualified plumber. An expert electri
cian Is also needed to look after the
electric lighting plant, a refrigerating
engineer for the cold storage plant and
a number of other representatives of
different branches of tlie engineering
profession.
Instead of the ancient cook with his
very limited accomplishments the up to
date liner has an expert chef, besides
bakers, confectioners and also the other
gastronomic specialists to be found In
the big fashionable hotels ashore. A
ship's butcher cuts the roasts and
Joints and takes general charge of the
meat supply, and there are several
storekeepers, who, it is true, do not sell
goixls, but who keep as exact account
of all the groceries and other supplies
Issued for the use of passengers and
crew as though their livelihood depend
ed upon it.
Besides these, every liuer carries a
barber, for passengers long ago gave
up the habit of going unshaven from
beginning to end of tlie voyage. The
barber has a comfortable little shop,
and next door to him perhnps Is In
stalled the barkeeper, who from the
nature of bls clientele Is required to be
adept in mixing the drinks of all na
tions. Still more surprising to the inex
perienced traveler It will perhaps tie to
learn thnt the big steamships carry
four or five bootblacks to keep the pas
sengers in shlnt*s.
Of the learned professions the only-
one regularly represented Is that of
medicine. Every liner carries a sur
geon, who not only attends to pas
Mongers or members of the crew who
may fall ill, but who is also charged
with the general supervision of the
health nml sanitation of tbe vessel.
There are usually plenty of “sea law
yers” on board-not that there is any
leinnnd for legal services anil If clergy
men nre not among the passengers the
captnin or purser Is qualified to read
the service on Sundays.
The Issuing of a pape* containing tele
graphic news Involves of course an edl
tor and a wireless telegrapher, The
editorial duties are assumed by the
purser, and the wireless operator not
only receives the news for the ship's
paper, but takes and transmits mes
sages for the passengers as well. The
ship's printer prints not only the ship's
newspnper, but the daily menus ami
concert programmes as well.
Most of the liners carry oue or more
musicians. Some have fully equipped
bands that furnish dally music, and
those liners which do not Include a
complete musical outfit have at least
one or more buglers to sound the calls
for meals and for Inspection.
Every liner has on board a carpenter
who makes necessary Interior repairs
tad looks p't/'r the boat's tanks and
wells, and there are to be found among
the stewards and seamen handy men of
other trades. All of which goes to
show that the modern "floating city”
Is a very cosmopolitan and. If need be,
• very self reliant community.
The Latent Stock«.
Rome of the new stocks are almost
barbaric In tbelr color schemes, a dozen
colors lietng piled on a background of
leather or the gijrcn suede that Is so
good this year. But the prettiest stocks
are made with little frills that spread
out at the base of the collar like n tiny
yoke. Most of the frills are of plait
ings, with an occasional one that Is
flared out by curiously shaped bits of ’
some sheer material.