MOTHER IN THE WgDDINQ QOYYNr
Here's a picture of 017 mother In her wedr
ding sown. Ah, me,
I wonder if there ever was a fairer bride
than she.
Not a wrinkle on her forehead, not a line
denoting care
Can be traced upon her features; what a
wealth of wary hair
Fell away from her fair temples! And
the smile she wore that day '
Was the smile of one whose sorrows still
were lurking far away.
I can fancy that my father, as he gazed
upon her then,
Mast hare held his head np proudly,
favored o'er all other men;
And, beholding the sweet beauty of the
face depicted here, "
I imagine I can see him, young and ar
dent, standing near ,
I hare loved and I can see him as he
caught her to his breast.
When the strength of youth was in him
and his lips on hers were pressed.
The picture of my mother, taken on her
wedding day,
Shows the face of one whose sorrows
were all lurking far away,
' And a fairer bride than she has never
charmed . a man, I trow
Yet there's one whose smile is sweeter
than her smile was long ago.
One whose brows have many furrows
proudly looks sometimes on me,
And I see the fondest, gladdest smile
man may hope to see.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
IIEY were sensible, hard-working
"1 girls, were the Thurlows, and ev
ery one liked and admired them.
The two elder ones made quite a nice
little sum of pocket money by their
poultry and vegetables, which they
took into the market themselves, and
old right well, for their things were al
ways of the best and found a ready
sale.
It was a brilliant Jane morning and
the pony was waiting with, the little
cart at the door, stamping bis little feet
with impatience, for It was Monday,
and "Jan" was fresh from bis stable.
"Angela," cried a fresh young voice,
"hurry up. Jan is at the door and the
baskets are In. Do make haste: we
shall be dreadfully late."
"I'm coming. Oh, wait a moment,
Rita; I must take some of those pink
roses, from the south wall. I'm sure
they'd sell."
It was Just eight o'clock and a lovely
day. Overhead hung a cloudless blue
sky, but It was no bluer than the azure
depths of Angela's eyes, and the sun
light was scarce brighter than her glo
rious hair, which colled round her head
In masses of warm color. She was
known as the "best of the lot," and she
certainly deserved that position in the
family looks on this glorious morning,
as she came round breathlessly from
the south wall, where she bad been
gathering a large handful of delicious
pink roses, all wet with dew.
"Now, then, my good Rita, as hard
as you and Jan like!" said Angela
gaily, as she got into the cart
And, with a flick of the whip across
his shaggy shoulders, away went Jan
down the narrow avenue, out into the
lane which led into the highroad to the
town, four miles distant
Pats of yellow butter set out on a
neighboring table, which was presided
over by a fat farmer's wife, made a de
licious contrast to the piles of vege
tables, baskets of brown eggs and the
loose bunch of pink roses which the
girls speedily set out In their turn; and
there was no lack of customers as the
morning went on. Strangers glanced
curiously at the lovely face of the girl
In the blue cotton gown and the sun
bonnet which half concealed her love
liness; and presently a carriage which
was passing stopped and two people a
man and a lady got out and came
slowly Into the market
They were strangers to the Thurlows.
Possibly they were staying In the
neighborhood, which was famous for
Its scenery and Its natural sporting ad
vantages. But they had no time to
waste In staring idly at passers-by, for
they were besieged by customers, and
soon their pile of produce bad nearly
vanished all but the pink roses and a
few eggs.
"Mis Rita, my dear," whispered the
fat woman at the next stall, hurriedly,
"will you look after my things while
I run out to speak to my daughter for
a minute? She passed by, and I must
see her at once."
"Of course, Mrs. Radley," said An
gela; "and I'll have sold all you've got
by the time you come back!"
"Thank you kindly, Miss Angela,
dearr
And Mrs. Radley hurried ofT, while
Angela took the vacant seat at the stall.
It was getting hot and she leant back
against the wall with a feeling of
drowsiness, when she was roused by a
voice, saying:
"By Jove! there's a pretty girl! I say,
Maude
She glanced In the direction of the
voice, and saw the two strangers she
had noticed getting out of the carriage.
They were coming toward her, and her
eyes met those of the man, who was
looking at her with frank admiration In
his handsome face.
"My dear Geoff, do be careful!" said
the lady, with a laugh; and then she
advanced to the stall where, as a rule,
the worthy Mrs. Radley presided over
the destinies of her butter and chick
ens. "Is this Mrs. Radley' s stall?" she
asked, with a surprised glance at the
girl, who rose from her seat
"Yes, ma'am," said Angela, with the
demurest air. "She has just gone out
of the market for a moment but I am
looking after the things for her. What
can I serve you with, ma'am?"
The man was still looking at her, but
Angela took not the faintest notice of
him.
"A dozen eggs, please," said the lady,
getting out her purse, and looking
about her; "and 'Oh, what lovely
roses there are on the next stall! Are
those yours?"
"Yes, ma'am," said Angela with
alacrity. "Will you take some? They
are quite fresh this morning."
"Give me half the bunch, will you.
olease? How much? That Is right. I
think. Perhaps you could bring them
out to the carriage for me?" -
1 pt j t - 1 1 v- ir
The ordinary blue print or print on
ferro-prussiate paper, which Is without
exception, the most easy of manipula
tion and quickest made, can be toned
to a very rich brown color If as soon
as washed the paper is Immersed in a
solution made up of 5 ounces of water
In which has been dissolved a small
piece of caustic coda, about-the size of
a pea. The print upon immersion in
this solution will assume a yellow col
or, after which it should be thoroughly
washed and again immersed In a bath
made up of 8 ounces of water In which
has been dissolved a heaping teaspoon
ful of tannic acid. The print In this
bath will assume a brown color, which
can be carried to almost "any tone. Af
ter having reached the proper tone It
should be thoroughly -washed and
dried. -
An amateur sometimes keeps very
poor negatives, because they are of
subjects he cannot easily . duplicate.
Such negatives may be much improved.
and, if not too po.or, converted into fair
ly good negatives by developing them
in old hydrochinon. Make a 10 per
cent solution of citric acid and one of
red potassium prussiate. Make up a
solution of two and three-quarter
ounces of used hydrochino developer,
one ounce of the citric acid solution.
one ounce of the red prussiate of pot
ash solution and two and one-half
ounces of water. The ingredients should
be mixed in the order given. Place the
negative, without washing. In this so
lution, and develop for from three to
ten minutes, keeping the tray in mo
tion, as during development Handle
the plate with rubber finger tips or
"Let me take them, Maude," said the
man stepping forward. "There is no
need to trouble any one to Scarry your
parcels when I am here. Is that all?"
"Yes. You look rather absurd witn
that basket of eggs and the roses,
Geoff; but have your own way. Good
morning." The man cast a glance at Angela and
lifted his hat, as he followed the lady
from the stall; and Angela withdrew
to her seat with a mischievous smile
curving her red lips. -
Of course, he thought she was a farm
er's daughter, or something of that sort,
and she laughed to herself at the rec
ollection. He was such a nice-looking,
soldierly man, too; and she wondered
who he was, and where he came from,
with that frank interest in the doings
of the world In general which was part
and parcel of her quiet home life.
"Rita," she said, "I wonder who those
people were. Didn't I play my part
well? It was quite amusing, and
"I should like the rest of those roses
you .have. If they are not sold," said a
voice; and Angela turned swiftly, to
find the good-looking man beside her.
He was looking at her with a queer
smile, and she reflected that he might
have heard her remark.
"Certainly, sir," she said, remember
ing her role.
"Thanks very much. Good-morning
"Why, he has given me too much.
This Is half a sovereign!" cried Angela
In dismay, as the man disapepared.
"Look, Rita! What shall I do?"
"My dear, what can you do, unless
Mrs. Radley can tell you who the peo
ple are? The carriage has gone."
It was late In September when Tom
Thurlow, the eldest son, who' was just
home from the war, arrived home on
leave. He had announced in his letter
that he was bringing with him one of
his friends, a man who had done awful
ly well at Ladysmith, and who was, ac-.
cording to Tom, no end of a good fel
low. This caused quite a flutter of in
terest In the Thurlow establishment
and great were the preparations made
for the reception of Tom and his friend.
a certain Captain Lawler.
It was late when they arrived, and
Angela was out feeding her poultry.
"Where's Angela?" asked Tom, when
all the first greetings were over, and
Captain Lawler had been introduced to
his friend's good-looking family. "Grub
bing In that blessed garden, I suppose?
The girl is gardening and poultry
rearing mad! By the way, Lawler tells
me he has been in these parts before
said he saw the prettiest girl he had
ever met in the market Funny place
to come across her, eh?"
Rita almost Jumped from her seat.
She had thought there was something
familiar about the stranger's face, and
now It suddenly flashed across her. He
was the man to whom Angela had sold
her pink roses for half a sovereign!
THE ZEBRA MULE
l j
Some efforts have recently been m.-ide to cross the zebra on the mare aad
thus produce an animal of the mule type, having some of the attractive charac
teristics of the sesra. The efforts have not met with encouraging success. In the
flrst place the zebra is wild, vicious and apparently not disposed to intimate
association with horses. Nevertheless some of the efforts have been successful.
The illustrations show tamed sebra tli-.t is the sire and one ft the xebre-14
colts. It will be seen that the greatest attraction, the beautiful marking of the
sebra, are lost in the cross. This practically determines the cross as of ne
value. The small size of the zebra will always make impossible any great size in
his colts, and size is absolutely necessary in a mule.
mmeur
hofoqraphi)
with a plate lifter. When the negative
is redeveloped enough, fix for three
minutes in a weak hypo bath one
ounce hypo to ten of water and wash
for half an hour In running water. The
operation may be repeated if the nega
tive is not yet satisfactory. . This for
mula may also be used for intensifying
weak negatives. . -
The ambitious beginner, starting out
with his first camera. Is Very apt to
make the mistake of fancying that the
more comprehensive the view .he can
get upon hla plate, the better will be
bis picture. A few trials, however,
serve to show him that the camera a
not adapted to this kind of work,, and
that the view which embraces' "all out
doors" Is flat and uninteresting from
the fact that all details are so minute
as to require a good deal of study, to
Identify them.- The camera worker of
experience seeks rather to obtain small
bits of scenery which repay him much
better. Within the next few weeks ex
cellent opportunities will present them
selves for the photographing, of reflec
tions, which In quiet pools or deep and
slow running rivers often make very
charming subjects for the photograph
er. It is a good plan in photographing
these reflections to break the surface
of the water In the immediate fore
ground by throwing a stone or stick
into it just before the exposure Is made,
thus giving variety to what would oth
erwise be a perfectly unbroken expanse
of water. Exposure in such cases
should be full, and development direct
ed to the bringing out of all details,
care, being taken, however, not to de
velop so far as to produce an over
dense negative.
At that moment the door opened and
Angela came In.
Tom always declares that both she
and Geoffrey Lawler looked as If they
had been suddenly struck motionless
images, but that may be taken as a
slight exaggeration of the affair.
"Well, I'm blessed!" said Tom. "You
two don't need an Introduction, evi
dently; and, since you both seem to
have so much to say, you'd better get
it over. I shall be in the stables when
you want me. Come on, Rita."
And as the others vanished, and
Geoffrey Lawler found himself alone
with the "best of the lot" bis tongue
was suddenly unloosed, and he spoke.
They were still talking an hour later;
and Tom Thurlow was very eloquent
on the subject when he came back
from a wrathful tour of the stables,
and'f ound the two of them still talking,
as he expressed It .
Geoffrey Lawler and Angela are like
ly to talk for ever and a day, for he
declared that Fate had brought them
together In such a wonderful manner
that It would be ungrateful, to say the
least of It to allow themselves to part
again. And Angela quite agrees with
him. She always does. New York
News. "
POET, LINGUIST, MUSICIAN.
Now the Head of the General Feder
ation of Women's Clubs.
One of the most popular and promi
nent club women of America Is Mrs.
Dimies T. S. Denison of New York, who
was elected presi
dent of the Gen
eral Federation of
Women's Clubs at
the recent conven
tion in Los Ange
les, Cal. Mrs. Den
ison possesses all
the qualifications
needed in such an
office. She is an
excellent public
mm. cejsison. speaker and has a
charming and magnetic manner. She
once served as president of - Sorosls,
being elected by unanimous vote. As
a member of the Patrice Club of New
York, and of the New York State Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, she has done
much active and effective. work In fem
inine clubdom. She is an accomplished
linguist and a practiced musician. She
also possesses the poetic fire and many
of her poems are charming and inspir
ing. In New York society she is very
popular.
"I'm supporting him," a father said
t his wife, concerning their worthless
son, "and you can afford to be patient
v ith him."
Unless a man is satisfied with him
self he is not In the self-made class.
NOT A SUCCESS.
.HEAT PROM THS EARTH.
Scientist Telia How. He Thinks. StM
, . May Be Obtained UndtrKroiad.
Certain scientific men now believe
that the enormous Internal heat of the
earth may be utilized for some-practical
purpose. Prof. William Hallock ef
Columbia University expresses, in the
World's Work, the opmion that the
plan is feasible.'' He says: 1 ''"---:
"It is not merely a question of getting
steam; it is a question of the quantity
of steam that can be had. Near Boise,
Idaho, hot water is now drawn from 1
well, and used to heat a dwelling. The
Pittsburg and Wheeling wells are capa
ble of heating the water left in them
overnight; but even if their depth were
sufficient to turn the water to steam. It
would require so many hours waiting
as to rob the process of all commercial
value. In other words, there would not
be the slightest difficulty in obtaining
steam from the Interior of the earth,
because that Involves only a little ex
tra labor in boring into the hot area,
and It is almost as easy to bore tea
thousand feet as six thousand; but in
order to give the steam commercial
value, a method must be provided for
dropping the water to the hot area, al
lowing it time to heat and yet having
it returned to the surface as steam,
without interrupting the flow.
"Two holes might be bored into the
earth, twelve thousand feet deep and
perhaps fifty feet apart' There would
be a temperature far above the boiling
point of water. Then, if jrery heavy
charges of dynamite or some other ex
plosive were lowered to the bottom of
each hole, and exploded simultaneous
ly, a sufficient connection might be es
tablished between the two holes. The
rock would be cracked and fissured in
all directions, and scattering It thus
around the base of the holes would turn
the surrounding area into an Immense
water-heater. The water poured Into
one hole would be beated and turned
Into steam, which would pass through
the' second hole to the earth's surface.
The pressure of such a column of steam
would be enormous; for aside from Its
Initial velocity, the descending column,
of cold water would exert a pressure
of at least five thousand pounds to the
square inch, which would drive every
thing movable through the second hole.
The problem Is therefore a mechanical
one, concerned chiefly with connecting
the two holes. This accomplished, the
water-heater would operate Itself, and
establish a source of power that would
surpass anything now in use.-
LOUISIANA LEVEES.
Thirty Millions Spent on Them by the
State Since the War.
If you picture In your mind an enor
mous sickle, having a' handle also at
the hooked end, you will have the Mis
sissippi river as It flows In yellow
swiftness past the city of New Orleans.
A hundred miles to the southward it
pours through its many mouths into the
broad blue gulf. In the crescent of the
sickle, which gives to the city its name,
lies New Orleans, and no sharp blade
In the hand of the husbandman thrust
into the ripening grain was ever surer
of its destructiveuess than would be
this ""vast crescent of the . Mississippi
when once it shouldtoe given sway.
Sometimes when the river is at flood
its surface will rise twenty feet above
the level of the city's streets. . In the
center of the stream it will be nearly
200 feet deep, with a powerful cur
rent, which, we;e it not for the pro
tecting levee about "the city, must
sweep everything before it This giant
river, which has made this city possi
ble, drains an enormous basin, its wat
ershed being greater in area than that
of any other river on the globe. The
volume of water which flows past the
city is equal to 150,000,000 cubic yards.
There are now nearly 1,500 miles of
levees on the lower Mississippi,- and
Louisiana alone has spent since the
Civil War nearly $30,000,000 on the
river, while it costs' the State $1,000,
000 annually to maintain its levees.
Strange as it may seem, the deadliest
enemies of these great earthen em
bankments are the .insignificant craw
fish and the muskrat; for, once the
slightest hole is made in the levee by
either . of -them, the relentless river
finds its way through and vast loss en
sues. Ainslee's Magazine.
The Accordion.
Emile Gautier has written a plea for
the despised accordion. He calls it the
poor 'man's piano forte, and wonders
why it should be so overlooked outside
of Russia, where It is the national in
strument There all the regiments have
their acordlon players, whose lively
notes relieve the monotony of long
marches. - t
The instrument is in every sense an
artistic one, because it embodies the
required qualities; It gives accurate and
melodious'' sounds in conformity with
the rules of music. The keyboard Is
etxenslve enough to bring forth the
most delicate shades of tone. It gives
even an orchestral richness, in small
volume. Under the measured action of
the bellows, which plays the part of the
bow, it affords allthe inflections and
modulations of the violin in its upper
register. In the lower register It resem
bles -the violoncello.
Of course the warmth of praise be
longs to the instruments of the best
French make, not to those which are
hastily put together for an indiscrimin
ating market
Seventy-three years ago the accordion
was invented in Vienna by a man
named Damian. 'The invention em
bodied a wonderful knowledge -' of
music, together with an astonishing cal
culation and skill When the instrument
came out It was a triumph, but the pub
lic soon regarded It with Indifference.
Appropriate Text.
"Hit surtingly do fill dis ole heart ob
mine wif joy." began the Bev. Flat
foot as the last wail from the wheezy
organ escaped through an open win
dow, "ter see so menny strangers pres
ent dis galorious sabbath mawnin'. De
good book hit say: 'He war er stran
ger an' Ah took' him in.' De deacons
will now perceed ter take up de collec
shlon." Her Own Hair-Dresser.
Mrs. Swellef Do you employ a pri
vate chauffeur?
"Mrs. Gotrichtkwick No, I always do
up my hair myself. Ohio State Jour
One man and a deadly torpedo float
ing about beneath the surface of the
water. The torpedo charged so that it
will blow a great warship to destruc
tion; the man provided with means by
which to .; discharge his dangerous
weapon Tn a way to do the most harm.
Such Is the latest of all torpedo boats
a one-man affair, not larger than a
large fish, andyet as effective In its
purposes, If. the theory of Its inventor
Is correct as one of the Holland sub
marine boats.
- The man who has perfected this of
fensive and invisible destroyer is
Thomas J. Moriarity, for many years
the mechanical expert "in the employ
of the United States Government at
the torpedo station at Newport
Mr. Moriarity was long ago impress
ed with the idea that the only way by
which to make the action of the tor
pedo actually certain was to put an ex
perienced operator inside It; for, while
Its automatic machinery operates with
almost human intelligence, there is no
certainty that it will on long ranges
do exactly- what Is required of It. From
the idea of putting a man Inside it to
that of placing a man outside it the
transition was easy; and it then be
came a problem to give him a safe
shelter, means of locomotion, of sub
merging and of discharging the projec
tile. - ,
To accomplish these essentials he has
devised a cigar-shaped boat of bronze
plates, about ten feet long, three feet
deep and five fet wide. Beneath this
is suspended the Whitehead torpedo in
a frame,' and It Is propelled by com
pressed air when the operator has ap
proached near the mark. -
WONDERFUL IRON ELEPHANT.
Designed for Great Bx position by a
Chicago Man.
Mr. Joseph Husak, of Chicago, is pre
pared to out-Ferris Ferris at the St
Louis exposition, or at any other expo
sition which may come along and make
room for his "iron elephant," 300 feet
long and 250 feet In height or for his
"Jonah's whale," 50 feet long and big
in girth in proportion.
The "iron elephant" is the chief fea
ture and creation of Mr. Husak's in
ventive faculty, and he purposes to
adapt the metal beast to more uses
than the Indian beast is capable of in
the flesh. The body of the animal is to
be four stories in height, the floors to
be reached by elevators running In the
legs of the creature. The flrst floor is
to be used and rented for small show
rooms; the second floor for a cafe and
restaurant and furnish entrance to the
MB. HUSAK'S IBON ELEPHANT.
elephant's trunk, which is to be con
structed to pull the ears up and down
and at the same time swing. The third
floor will be used for att sorts of
amusements, and Berve as an entrance
to the "chute of chutes" and to the
small Ferris wheels In each car of the
elephant The fourth floor can be used
' for a theater or music ball, placing the
stage in the head of the beast On top
of the creature will be a roof garden
! or an observatory. The eyes will be
1 two gigantic searchlights, and the tail
I mfcht he nsed bv some Inventor to
show a new fire escape. All signals
may be trumpeted from this structure,
and electric power will be used to run
the different devices.
Mr. Husak's whalewlll be in. propor
tions to simulate the real thing. Even
the Interior of the animal will be con
sturcted according to economy of na
ture, only that entrance to the. Inside
;thrugh the mouth will be through an
uplifted jaw. Windows will be pro
vided, and the whale, swimming In a
circular tank, will be operated by elec
tricity, rising and sinking at the slight
est wish of the operator.
TABITHA SANBORN'S RIDE.
She Really Couldn't Bear to .Waste
Time from Her Work.
Some of the feats which- our fore
mothers performed quite as a matter
of course when domestic emergencies
occurred were such as would tax the
endurance and courage of the hardiest
athletic maidens of our own day. Han
j nah Sanborn Philbrook, In a recent
article on old-time Sanbornton. relates
j how an ancestress of hers supplied a
' deficiency In her weaving apparatus.
She found unexpectedly that her
work required the use of a certain reed
and harness which could be obtained
only at a place five miles distant
reached by a road leading, over a num
ber of steep and dangerous hills.
She was alone in the house with her
baby and another young child, whom
she could not leave to go on an er
rand. Nevertheless, she could not en
dure the idea of wasting time in wait
jbdoooooooo yMyJ? J
HO O B O Op 81311 0 I
When in the boat the operator lies
on a cradle astride of Its support Pad
ded prongs on the cradle curve over his
shoulders and hold him in place, provid
ing also a purchase for his arms when
operating the lever In front of him.
He wears a waistcoat made of two
thicknesses of air-tight material, to
which is attached a small mouth tube
by which It is inflated. It serves as a
padding for the body while the oper
ator's in the boat and also as a life
preserver In an emergency.
Air is admitted through the rear mast
and circulates throughout the boat
This air tube is, however, automatical
ly closed when the boat Is beneath the
surface of the water, and the conning
tower is completely covered by means
of a hydrostatic piston, open to the
water at the bottom of the boat the
pressure" of the water at the increased
depth forcing up the piston, "which ac
tuates a lever to force a valve over the
air-tube opening, thus preventing the
entry of water through It
The same motion of the piston oper
ates levers connected to a valve in the
compressed air tank in the bottom of
the boat opening It and thus allowing
a fine stream of air to issue therefrom
into the boat and supplying the oper
ator with fresh air. As the boat again
reaches the surface the pressure on the
hydrostatic piston is released because
there Is less depth of water and the air
tube is again opened and the air tank
valve closed.
The torpedo Is fired by compressed
air, but on leaving its casing the pro
pelling mechanism of the projectile is
set in motion, and It starts off under
its own power for the mark.
ing for that reed and harness when If
she only had them she could make such
good progress with her web. Her hus
band owned the "smartest 4-year-old
colt in town," and this lively animal,
nothing daunted, she mounted with her
baby in her arms, taking the other
child on a pillion behind her.
"Soon after her arrival," writes her
great-granddaughter, "there were signs
of a coming tempest and she had to
hasten. The reed and harness, at least
four feet long, were bound to the colt
and she turned toward home.
"My Great-great-uncle Cate said that
when she passed his house she was go
ing like the wind, the sky was black
with the coming storm, and the thun
der and lightning were terrible. As
soon as It cleared off he saddled his
horse and followed, 'expecting,' he said,
'to find Tabitha and the children dead
in the road. But I went clean over
all the way, and there she was, getting
supper and singing, as lively as a
cricket!'"
She was not even wet; for the smart
4-year-old, urged to the utmost, had
succeeded, In spite of his queer and
cumbrous load, In racing the shower
and beating It. Supper over, Mrs. San
born, with a tranquil mind and the
proper implements, was able to resume
her uninterrupted weaving.
Men Stenographers Scarce.
"There is one feature of the govern
ment service that puzzles me," said a
chief of division in the Treasury De
partment "and that Is the lack of men
stenographers. I don't see why men
who have ambitions to enter govern
ment work don't equip themselves
along this line. I do not mean to dis
pargae the efficiency of women type
writers, for they do all that is expect
ed of them, and more, too. But there
is a limitation to their usefulness, no
matter how expert they may be. There
are certain confidential relations which
a superior must always have with his
assistant which cannot be shared with
a woman. Oftentimes we have to rely
on the Judgment of an inferior, and are
not always willing, and, in fact would
be afraid, to trust to the discretion of
a woman.
"To my mind the scarcity of mea
typewriters Is largely due to the fact
that women have bluffed their mascu
line rivals or would-be rivals from the
field. The latter evidently think that
the craft has been monopolized by tha
women. To tell the truth, there is no
field so much open to men, as far as
Uncle Sam Is concerned, as that of the
typewriter, and in few is there held out
such prospect of advancement. For In
stance, Secretary Cortelyou is an ex
stenographer, and not so much of an
"ex" at that for he was, and always
will be, a skillful hand, at the type
writer. But he Is a Cabinet possibility,
and he rose from the opportunities
held out by his calling." Washington
Post -
No Fitting Time.
There are many poor correspondents
who would doubtless like to make the
excuse given by a boy who was spend
ing his flrst year at a boarding school.
The flrst letter, anxiously awaited by
his parents, was not received for more
than a week, and then it was short and
to the point
"Dear people," wrote the boy, "I
don't believe I shall be able to send
you many letters while I'm here. You
see when things are happening I
haven't time, and when they aren't
happening I haven't anything to write.
You'll understand how it Is, won't you,
father? And, mother, you just ask
father to explain to. you how it is. So
now I will say good-by, with love to
alL In haste, George."
The world Is Improving. There are
more sudden deaths every year, and
fewer cases of long suffering.
Everyone has a kin problem he can't
solve.
A HEROIC CHINAMAN.
Hla Bra-vary Attracted the Attention
of Congress. -
Charley Tong Sing, whose home is in
Los Angeles. CaL. is the only Chinaman
who ever received a medal from Con
gress for bravery.
He Is a naturalized
citizen o f the
United States, and
as thoroughly
Americanized a a
his thirty years'
residence ber- oan
p;ike him. Charley
was a member of
the Greely relief
expedition of 18S4,
tong sxxo. - commanded by
Captain (now Rear Admiral) Schley,
but he has a greater distinction than
having been a member of this expedi
tion. He is one of the three survivors
of the Jeannette expedition. He was
steward of that ill-fated vessel when.
In 1S79, she sailed on a voyage of ex
ploration In the Arctic seas. His splen
did physique and natural hardness were
all that brought him safely through the
hardships, exposures and horrors of
that terrible experience.
I Charley joined the Jeannette expedi
tion at San Fraiclsco. He was then
aa experienced sailor, having served
aboard American merchant ships in
various capacities. He acted the part
of a hero during this trip, and whrn,
he returned the Navy Department in
recognition of his services, presented
, Charley with a handsome medal. Upon
It Is inscribed: "Charley Tong Sing,
(Arctic Steamer Jeannette; Fidelity,
Zeal, Obedience." On the reverse side
Is a'plcture of the old frigate Constitu-
.tion, and the words, -"United States
I Navy." By special act; of Congress,
September 30, 1890. another medal w.-.s
j-presented. It betrs the date upon which
tie act was approved by the President,
and around it the words, "Jeannette
Arctic Expedition, 1879-1882." On the
i reverse side is presented the Jeannette
'. in the ice, with the crew waving her a
farewell. The medal depends from
Xlasp held In the beak of a silver eagle.
It was not a great while after the
Jeannette adventure when Charley
Tong Sing started with Capt Schley on
the Greely relief expedition. After his
return from that voyage he served in
the navy on the Tennessee, aud then he
decided to abandon the life of a sailor.
AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE.
Ascertained Facts by Sherlock Holmes'
System of Deduction.
Sherlock Holmes has a promising ri
val in a barber known to the Philadel
phia Record. He astonished one of bis
customers the other day by asking him
if he were not left-handed. The man
admitted that be was, and suggested
that the barber had probably seen him
hang up his hat
"No," said the barber; "I have other
ways of finding out such things. I see,
to, that you are a bookkeeper."
"Yes," admitted the customer, "your
guesses are correct How do you
know?"
"It's easy," said the barber. "In
shampooing your head I noticed ink on
your hair at the left temple. This iuk,
I concluded, must have got there from
a Den resting on vour left ear. which in
dicated that you were a person who
used a pen a great deal, as only such
persons use their ears as pen-racks.
"That didn't convince me that you
were a bookkeeper, however, because a
literary man might stick his pen behind
his ear for convenience. I learned of
your profession when I applied the
lather. This made the Ink on your hair
wash out, and I discovered two shades
of Ink red and black. Nobody but a
bookkeeper uses red and black ink. so
it was easy to class you as a bookkeep
er. "I knew you .were left-handed be
cause the ink was on the left side the
side that a left-handed writer would in
voluntarily use when sticking his pen
back of his ear."
"Wonderful, wonderful;" said the
customer. "Now, suppose you stop
talking for a while, and finish shaving
me."
Died of Improvements.
An uptown physician tells of a Ger
man friend, a poor journeyman baker,
who sent his wife to a local hospital
when she fell 111. The physician al
ways asked with interest after the con
dition of the sick woman when he met
the German, and was told in reply:
"Well, doctor, they say at the hospital
there's Improvement." This reply did
not vary from day to day for a month
or more, and was always spoken by
the German very stolidly, as though
he really did not see in the report any
grounds for hope. Then one morning,
meeting the physician and being asked
the usual question, be said:
"O, she's dead, doctor."
"Dead?" repeated the physician.
"What do they say she died of?"
"They didn't say they didn't have
to," answered the German. "I knew.
She died of too many improvements."
Philadelphia Times.
The European Plan.
Some queer customers are seen at
New York hotels. An old farmer from
the country tells how he got ahead of
one of the clerks: "I walked in." he
says, "asked the young man at the
desk: 'What are your prices?' 'Amer
ican or European?' he asked me. Now
j 1 wasn't going to tell where I was from
until I had seen the lay of the laud.
'What difference does that make?' says
I. 'If American,' he answered, "it's $4
per day; if European. $1.50.' I thought
a moment and then an idea struck ine
how to get ahead of him. I walked up
boldly and registered from London,
England.
Infrequent Birthdays.
The members of the Berlin Society
of In Year Children to which none
' are admissible unless born on Feb. 29
I will keep their common birthday in
great style In 1904. They have had no
opportunity for eight years, and in 1900
! the extra February day, according io
the rules of the reformed calendar, was
omitted. Herr Monteur, the president
of the society. Is to-day a seotuazenar.
j lan, but in the seventy years of his life
he has only had seventeen birthdays.
He hopes to celebrate his eighteenth
birthday and seventy-second year of his
life in the midst of his colleagues on
Feb. 29. 1904.
No difference how well you play the
game of life, you are sure to lose.