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Newspaper Page TextSHAKE HANDS WITH FATE. Tis a sad old world, and a bad old world, It is scarce worth while at all; Its sorrows cling and its friendships sting, And even its joys will pall. But dear is life for all its strife, And love is better than hate You'll find a grace in the surliest face If you just shake hands with fate. With light In your glance and right in your glance And your lips in a curve to the sky; A spring in your walk and a ring in your talk. Sure, hope will not pass you by. The path that you will winds over a hill. But it leads to an open gate; So trill you a song to lure love along, And just shake hands with fate. 'Tis in yourself is the demon elf, Tis in yourself Is God; And you'll never stray from yourself away God's light or the devil's prod. Whatever your mind you'll meet in kind, And what is yourself create; The world will view what is really you Therefore, shake hands with fatel Leslie's Weekly. JASPER DANE'S CALLER. p-HE door creaked very slightly, but it jarred on Jasper Dane's V nerves. He looked up with a frown. "Is this Mr. Dane?" A young woman was framed In the doorway. Jasper's frown slightly faded as he caught sight of her. She was a pretty youug woman and charmingly gowned, and she wasn't more than one and twen ty. Jasper avoided the woman's page of his paper. He couldn't have told what the young woman in the doorway wore, but he recognized the fact that it was a combination that seemed to be just suited to her. "'Mr. Dane, the editor?" Jasper, pencil In hand, bowed again. The young woman advanced Into the apartment. "You are much younger than I sup posed you to be," she said. Jasper's eyes opened wider. "I am not quite sure that I ought to take that as a compliment," he said. He even smiled. Then the pressing character of his work reminded him. His features stiffened. He raised his pencil again, and looked at the girl se verely. "It's the very first time I was ever In an editor's sanctum," she said, as her glance took in the dingy walls and the littered desk. "How can I serve you, madam?" In quired Jasper. The girl looked at him and she looked at the chair beside'hls desk. "Thank you," she said, and sat down. "SOKRY MY JUDGMENT SEEMS HAKSH." Jasper sighed and stared at the half written sheet before him. "Are you sure It is the editor you want to see?" he asked. "The society editor is at the lower end of the hall. So are the musical editor aud the art depart ment. So is the dramatic editor." "I came to see you," said the girl. Jasper slightly flushed. "Thank you," he said. "I am on ex hibition at all hours. Is that all?" The girl shook her head. "Do you own the paper, too?" she asked. Jasper frowned. "No," he replied. "I believe It Is gen erally understood that Mr. Linas Lam Bon Is the paper's owner." "The railway president?" "Yes." "Has he any children?" "One." "Boy?" "No, a girl. A little girl who Is study ing abroad." "How old?" "I don't know. Mr. Lamson speaks of her as his little girl." Jasper was getting fidgety. "I beg your pardon," he said, "but you have not told uie how I can serve you." "No," she said, "I haven't." A brief silence followed. "Am I to Infer that you are getting up a society directory?" Jasper Inquired with a slight flavor of sarcasm. "No," said the girl, "the Inference would be wrong. Nor do I want my portrait on the society page. No, I have no tickets to sell and no subscription paper-to sign. I came here to see you. A dear friend said: 'You must see the editor of the Dispatch. He's well worth your while. " Jasper couldn't help flushing again. "Am I reckoned among the leading sights of the town ?" he asked. "No," the girl gravely replied. "You come between the geyser fountain and the zoo." Jasper laughed. "And do you come up here to tell me that?' he asked. "That for one thing," said the girl. "I don't suppose my presence here both ers you in the least, does It?" "Madam," said Jasper, "I am a reck less user of the truth. Your presence prevents me from attending to my du ties." "Perhaps this is your busy day?" said the girl, innocently. "All my days are busy days." "Then, of course, it is just as con venlent for me to call to-day as any other day." said the girL Jasper looked at her with a comical expression. He was a little near sighted, and, as was his custom with callers, he had scarcely given her an appreciative look when she entered Now, at shorter range, he saw that she was much prettier than he at first sup posed. She certainly was a very charm f i n in. l II To give your photographic parapher- praise and many prizes in strictly pho nalia a thorough overhauling and dean- J tographlc competitions. Is to be credit ing up. If yon use a hand camera, take I ed with having won the laurels in this off the front and clean out the dust that you will be surprised to find It contains. If it is a larger Instrument, see that there are no parts that re quire reblacking. The nearest shoe maker will give you a little "dubbing" that will Improve the bellows if rubbed into the corners that are getting hard and inclined to crack. Go through your negatives and throw away all those that are useless. Overhaul your stock of solutions and throw away all that are not in good condition and properly labelled. Examine your trays and washing boxes and give them a coat of enamel If thought necessary to guard again rust or decay. Go carefully over your source of dark-room Illumination and see that there is no danger from any stray beams of "white light oran unsafe ruby light. Finally, make a resolution to the effect that you will expose fewer plates and secure better results than you did last year. St. Louis and Canadian Photographer. The recent action of the Paris Salon in admitting photographs ' in competi tion at its next exhibition is bound to exert a stimulating and very beneficial effect upon photography all over the world. Up to the present time photog raphy has been barred from all Art Exhibits and has been classed as a lib eral and not as one of the Fine Arts. Mr. Edward Stelchen, of Milwaukee, however, a very prominent amateur, whose work has won him universal lng girl. A troubled look came Into Jas per's eyes. "I beg your pardon," he said, "but may I remind you that you haven't stated your business with me?" The girl looked Into his eyes with a clear, frank gaze. Then she slightly smiled and slowly removed an elastic -band that held the small package she bore in one neatly gloved hand. Jasper took quick advantage of her averted gaze to pull down his cuffs and make a quick pass at his twisted tie. "I have written something," she said, "and I want to submit it to you." Jasper felt himself weakening. Ordi narily he would have taken the manu script, and, hastily scribbling the writ er's address on it, would have tossed it aside with the remark that he would communicate with the writer by mall concerning It and then he would have resumed his work. Now he hesitated. His pencil dropped from his fingers. He straightened up a little. "What is the nature of the article?" he asked, in what he fancied was an indifferent tone. "It isn't an article," said the girl. "Do I look like a person who would write an article?" She seemed to challenge his scrutiny. Jasper couldn't resist the temptation. He leaned a little farther back. "It isn't always possible to judge by the appearance," he said. But I fancied article writers were always old, and and fussy, and and cranky," said the girl. "There are exceptions," said Jasper. "There must be exceptions." I suppose you know," said the girL "But it isn't an article." You arouse my worst fears," said Jasper, as the girl spread out the manu script. I think I understand what you mean, sue saia. I'm glad you do." And I'm afraid your worst fears are confirmed," she said. Jasper sighed. "Then It Is verses?" he said. "I supposed it was poetry," said the girl. "They always do," said Jasper. The girl looked up at him with a pretty grimace. You are not a bit encouraging," she said. "It's the better way," said Jasper. "And yet you write verses yourself," said the girL "And get them printed, too." "Perhaps it is because I haven't a friend honest enough to dissuade me," said JasDer. "I have had no time for that sort of nonsense lately, however. "That's a pity," said the girl. "Don't think to soften me In that way," saia jasper. 'I like those lines beginning. 'She came upon me unawares, saiu me girl. "I know them by heart. 'She came upon me unawares, I turned and she was there.' " "I beg your pardon," cried Jasper, It is your lines that are under consid eration. Pray produce them." The girl gave him a sidelong glance. . "Did she come upon you unawares, Mr. Dane?" Jasper caught the glance and slightly flushed. His look grew troubled again "I live in hopes," he said. "That's enigmatical," laughed the girL "It shows you are not sure." "I must object to your manifest In tention to throw me Into a sentimental mood," said Jasper. "It will not help you." The girl laughed and passed the man uscrlpt to him. "I know you will like it," she said. "Why are you so certain," Jasper asked. "Because I haven't written on both sides of the paper," said the girL Jasper bent over the manuscript to hide his smile. Then his look changed. The smile faded. He read the lines with great care. Presently he looked up. The girl had been regarding him In tently. She met his eyes with an In quiring glance. "You want me to be frank?" he said. "Of course." "The lines are quite too sentimental. fftttaie ur jyhot&qrapmj case, some of his recent work having been accepted by the Salon to be hung at Its next exhibition. When it Is re membered that the Salon is composed of the most conservative artists In the world and that its gates have 'been jealously guarded against the admis sion pf anything but works of the high est merit, the Importance of this Inno vation, to we camera worker, will at once become evident.. The snap shot fiend will soon be a thing of the past. Amateurs to-day are putting brains into their pictures. While brains and work are necessary to make artistic pictures, a good outfit is also essential The box should be one with a focussing arrangement and ground glass, the shutter one of the automatic time and speed comblnators, but the most Important of all is the lens. It Is better to have a good lens and cheap box and shutter than a fine box and shutter with a cheap lens. It Is also advisable to own two lenses a wide angle for Interior and confined places, and a rectilinear. The rectili near lens should be of high speed and not too long a focus, for all Around work. A high grade combination lens is very desirable, which by removing one combination give a very long focus with remaining combination is at t the room, and going to the safe, swirt times very Important. The subject of ly unlocked it ad abstracted a single lenses is an Inexhaustible ones, and we will endeavor to treat this subject in some future article. They are of the old school where sen timent reigned. Nowadays we bluntly call It gush." "But it's not all bad, is it?" queried the girl. "By no means," replied Jasper. "The execution Is good. If the fripperies and affectations were dropped It would be very passable. If you would heed my advice they never do I might be tempted to ask you to try again." He folded the manuscript and hand-f ed it to her. "Thank you," said the girL "I am sorry if my judgment seems harsh," said Jasper. "It doesn't," Bald the girl. "I have tried to treat you as an hon est friend should," said Jasper. "Thank you again," said the girl. "I will admit that I hoped to see my verses In your paper." "Try again," said Jasper. The girl arose and put out her dainty hand. "I am glad to know you, Mr. Dane," she said. "I have a very dear friend who has sung your praises until I am quite jealous. I was really anxious to meet you. Good-by." Then she swiftly added, with a charming smile, "I am sure we shall meet again." The smile and the words quite' over came Jasper. I I hope so," he fairly stammered, as he arose to his feet and watched her flutter from the room. As he resumed his seat a card upon the floor drew his attention. The girl had dropped it He picked it up, caught sight of his name, and at once recog nized the angular handwriting. Then he read it aloud: "Dear Dane This Is my daughter Leonle, just come home from abroad. What she writes goes, of course. "Yours, "LINAS LAMSON." Dane softly whistled. So this was Lamson's little girL this splendid young woman! How charm ing she was, and how friendly. Had he hurt her feelings? What a brute he was! It would have been such a simple thing to publish the verses. And she never showed him her father's note. That was noble of her. He picked up his pencil and bent over his work. And presently he softly hummed: She came upon me unawares I turned and she was there. Cleveland Plain Dealer. IS YOUR THUMB MAD? It Is an Infallible Revealer of ths Presence of Insanity. The .thumb is the most tell-tale mem ber of the human being's body, and it . is a well-known device of employers of a large" amount of labor to carefully scrutinize the thumbs of every appli cant for a situation before finally en gaging him or her for any position in their business. In fact, so far has this thumb science been carried that many lunatic asylum doctors are now em ploying It in detecting the numerous frauds who endeavor each year to en ter the asylum on the plea of insanity. . No matter how carefully the Individ- J ual may attempt to conceal incipient insanity, the thumb will reveal it in fallibly. It is the one sure test If ths ; patient In his daily work permits the thumb to stand at a right angle to the other fingers, or to fall listless into the palm, taking no part in his writing, his handling of things, his multiform nntto. Ht-it- atflnrilnc lanlfltpri nnil eilllrv It Is an unaswerable confession of men- tal disease. Specialists In nerve disease, by an examination of the thumb, can tell if the patient Is affected or likely to be affected by paralysis, as the thumb sig nals this long before it is visible in any other part of the body. If the danger symptoms are evidenced there, an op eration is performed on what is known as the "thumb center" of the brain, and the disorder is often removed. Landladies in Vienna. One hundred and fifty landladies have been summoned at Vienna for taking in boarders without the permis sion of the police. QUEER NIGHT THEFT. WEALTHY BANKER WAS ROBBED WHILE HE SLEPT. Through the Efforts of a Detective the Mystery of the Lonta Was Solved in "a Manner Moat Unex pected All Around, ; "Shortly after I was put on the 'fly force,' " said the old detective,' "the chief sent for me. On entering his office I found there a man I recognized as a banker of repute. Since then he. has become famous. The chief told me to listen to the story, for it was my case. The story was brief. The banker kept some personal securities In a safe at his own home and some were missing. They had disappeared one by one at Ir regular Intervals. The one singular thing was that on one occasion he had set out to watch the safe all night, and between 3 and 4 had dropped asleep for half an hour. In that half hour another haLdisappeared. The lock was a combination, the secret of which, so far as he knew, was wholly his own. "I went up to his house and made a careful examination without hitting on any theory that would seem to unravel the mystery. So I said to the banker that he must go right along In his mode of living, do nothing to let any inmate in the house suppose they were under sus picion or observation, and that I would conceal myself and watch the safe. For I was satisfied that the thief was one of the family, and I fancied it was the son, who was a high roller. "This the banker agreed to, and helped me rig up a place where I could conceal myself. I began the watching that night, but nothing came of It for five nights. On the sixth the banker went out to a dinner party, but he was back home shortly after midnight, and the house quietetd down by 1 o'clock. An hour and a half later I heard a soft step in the room adjoining the li brary and presently a form stole Into "The room was so dark that I could distinguish only the outlines of the form, but the darkness enabled me to follow the thief as he turned from the safe. I did so, and with a step as stealthy as his own. He led me through the adjoining room, out Into the hall, down the basement steps and into a lumber-room; where there was- an old box for firewood. To this box the thief went, and, lifting the cover, put the se curity In it. ' "Then he turned, and so quickly that he nearly struck me, and hurried up the stairs. I was close behind him and at hisheels when he climbed up to the second story, wherehere was a night lamp, in the hall, giving sufficient light for me to recognize the features of the man who had taken the security. From here he turned into a room, closing the door after him. I went down into the library and found the easiest chair for a nap. "The next morning as the banker ap peared for. breakfast I took him down stairs, saying to him: 'Examine that box and see what you find.' "To his amazement he found every one of the missing securities and some naners besides which he had not missed. He was dumfounded. After a moment's hesitation he turned to me with a severe and most stern air and asked: " 'Who is the thief?' " 'You are,' I replied, complacently. "He started violently, and for a mo ment I thought he would strike me. But he asked, Instead, ferociously: " 'What do you mean by that?' " 'Only that you are a sleepwalker,' I replied. 'That's all. I followed and saw you take the paper and place it here.' "He stood still, as one paralyzed. Then he said: " 'Keep my counsel. Say nothing.' "A week later he sent for me to his office to tell me that his physician had told him it was a case of dyspepsia, and that when he had come to look back he found that it was only after a late-course dinner that a paper had been missed. Then he added " 'You've been discreet so far. Con tinue to be, and you will see that you will not lose by it.' "I continued to be, and that's the rea son why I have retired so early, can drive down the road just as fast a stepping pair as anyone does, and can have an automobile if I want one." Brooklyn Eagle. EFFORT OF MAPPING A BRAIN, Scientific Tests to Discover Control of Limbs and Muscles. Eminent surgeons have long endeav ored to find out precisely what parts of the brain control the various muscles and limbs of the body, with a view to nscertainine therefrom new ways of treating diseases of the nervous sys tern. Sufferers from such complaints. especially such as cause interruption of the muscular action, may have rea son to bless the memory of certain great apes who have co-operated un- ' selfishly with and witnout being con- ' suited by some British scientists and surgeons in a series of privately con 1 ducted experiments to demonstrate new facts about the brain, says the London Leader. Though the scientific partnership was fatal to the apes, they lived ad mired and died universally respected, and their photographs will be handed down In medical history. Studies of the brains of the higher apes have shown that their composition was suf ficiently like that of man to justify the belief that investigations made on these brutes would furnish knowledge about 1 the human brain. To understand the experiments thoroughly it is well to re member that the brain may De rougniy divided Into two great -portions the ' frontal and the occipital which are separated by the fissure of Rolando, This fissure extends across the top of the human head and down on each side at about the region of the temples. All that part of the brain which lies in the front of It that is, the Dram that Is over the eyes and fills out the frnntnl retrion of the head Is known as the frontal lobe. This frontal lobe, it has been found, does almost all the work of ordering and controlling the motion of the body and the exercise of its various physical functions. It Is the great central telephone exchange, or, to use another electric term, the great power house where the subtle. In tangible fluid of thought is converted into a tangible working , force and thence transmitted at varying pressures along the feed wires of nerves to the various engines of the heart," arms, legs, eyes, mouth, nose and other organs. i T i S&ort ft ft V V !' t !' 1' 1' On one occasion at a dinner at Balliol the master's guests discussed the ca reers of two Balliol men, one of whom had just been made a judge and the other a bishop. "Oh," said one, "t think the bishop is the greater man. A judge, at the most, can only say, 'You be hanged, but a bishop can say, 'You be damned. " "Yes," tersely remarked the master, "but If the judge says 'You be hanged,' you are hanged." Sir Henry Irving declares that once, when he was playing "Othello" in a small town in the then Washington Ter ritory, his audience was composed for the most part of miners. "When we came to the handkerchief scene, where I Othello demands the handkerchief of Desdemona many times," he says, "I. noticed that the audience was becom ingly exceedingly nervous. About the third time the demand for the handker chief was repeated a large Irishman in the rear of the house shouted: 'Wipe your nose on your slaive, you nayger, and let the play go on.' " Frank Reilly, a track-walker, was the victim of a peculiar accident at Port Costa recently. He was standing near a switch to a siding on which freight trains generally wait for the passenger trains to pass. He saw a young lady walking on the siding, and, believing her to be in danger, gesticulated ve hemently to cause her to step from be tween the rails. She, in her turn, see ing the oncoming freight train, mo tioned back to him that he was in dan ger. As the train came nearer both became the more earnest in their shout ing and gesticulating, while neither thought of stepping off the tracks. Reilly proved to be in the wrong. The freight, Instead of taking the siding, went straight through. While he was still trying to cause the young lady to get out of the way of supposed dan- gerrthe train struck him from behind, hurling him from the track and break ing his right arm in two places, badly cutting his head and bruising his side. He will recover. Apropos of the death of John W. Mackay, the New York Herald remarks that one of the notable episodes of the residence of the Mackays in Paris was that which connected them with Meis sonier. The great French artist was commissioned by Mr. Mackay to paint a portrait of his wife for the sum of seventy-five thousand francs. When it was delivered the Mackays decided that it was entirely unworthy of the sub ject and of the painter. "I wanted a Meissonier," he said, "not Meissonier painting a slovenly imitation of Ca banel." This criticism was Indorsed Toy some artists who had seen the picture. It was said that the French artist, deeming anything to be good enough for Nevada, took no pains with the work, that he had produced it after an Insufficient number of sittings, and had hastily painted in the hands from one of his models. Furthermore, the por trait showed a woman ten. years older than Its subject Many French artists, however, Indorsed the work. His friends gave Meissonier a dinner as a vindication, and the French press and public were for a time clamorously in dignant. The indignation rose to a cli max when it was reported that Mrs. Mackay had thrown the picture into the fire. This was not true. It was hung in a small room, with its face to the walL To-day it has an abidipg place in Carlton House, Mrs. Mackay's London mansion. The Knocker. She had a little hammer, She used it with a will, v She knocked at everybody They couldn't keep her still; She knocked about her neighbors If they were friends or foes, She knocked about the table. And knocked about her clothes. She knocked at hubby's smoking, About his snoring, too; She knocked about his whistling, And so, perhaps, would you; At last the Reaper claimed her, Her course on earth was run; Her husband then considered Her knocking days were done. But hubby went one evening To see a spirit show, Where always in the gloaming, The spirits come and go, He heard a spirit knocking "My wife," he said, "I'll bet! Now, isn't she a wonder? By gosh! she's knocking yet!" Yonkers Statesman. Many Uses of & Banana. Immense fortunes have been made out of the banana business. Revenues do not accrue alone from the sale of the fruit, for the leaves are used for pacKing; uie ju-e, uexu " tannin, makes anJmMibleink and shoe nnfkins: the iuice. being strong in uiatkiiis " " v - side of the leaves is a valuable article of commerce; manila hemp is made from the stems, and of this hemp are made mats, plaited work and lace handkerchiefs of the finest texture; moreover, the banana Is ground into . banana flour. The fruit is to be sold n Jl la r'nnnivl hv n e rtrTT ior uesseic i ." j . j warmth of flaring gas jets in the stor age GOOD X. places in wnicn n ept,anuj' - care has to be taken to prevent soften ing or overripening. The Island of Jamaica yields great crops of this use ful and moiK'iy-making fruit. Wfc They Don't Speak. Stella ies, my age is in the family Bible. Bella Tbjn, I presume, it must be In Revelations. A man likes to hear a woman say she has never been kissed, even if he doesn't believe it Ml let Mil H'tHMHHl MMtMIMIIMI I II ' M 1 1 I PROGRESS OF MODERN DENTISTRY. It Makes Plump Those Lean of Face and Is Invaluable to lo crease Power of Singers and Cornetists. . T 1 1 t t"t'ft'tftft'tftftft't"tftftft4"ft't't'l''lr' t't-t'tft'l III! I I The use of porcelain crowns for teeth has enabled modern dentistry to do a great deal for art. It has made It possible to Improve the voices of cer tain singers by giving their artificial teeth crowns with an outer curve, their natural teeth did not have. The re sult Is to Increase the accoustic effects of the mouth's bony structure. The mouth of Trilby was like the dome of the Salt Lake tabernacle. Some sing ers have this mouth, but their front teeth. Instead of being a continuation of the curve of the roof of the meuth, bend -inwardly. They break the flow of the sound. By sawing off these nat ural teeth and mounting them with porcelain or crowns with an outward curve, a great Improvement is made in tone. - . . Porcelain crowns are used in making great cornet players as well as in mak ing singers, and in the same way. The out-curving front teeth are best for the cornetlst, because the tongue can be used in triple-tonguing the mouthpiece In the fancy work. One of the little devices of modern dentistry Is the 'plumper. This Is a combination of gold and hard rubber for making the face take-on a rounded appearance. Elderly ladles, whose skin has begun to set loosely, sometimes have plumpers put in. In cases like this they are permanently fixed to the side teeth by gold crowns. Plumpers are also made for actresses and actors for use in making up the face for the character they wish to portray. They PLUMPERS ATTACHED TO FALSE are taken out when the greased paint is washed off. When used as perma nent beautifiers plumpers sometimes turn back the clock twenty years. A great deal of care has to be taken In making teeth for public speakers, actors and singers. - It is necessary to have them filled in so there can be no escape of air between them. The clear enunciation can only be had when there Is no air space nor chance for hissing. Electricity has made dentistry ad vance as it has advanced. There Is an electric oven for baking porcelain that is capable of a heat of 4,500 degrees. An electric lathe and an electric en gine are used for all the work In the mouth. It works so much quicker that one-third of the time is employed that was s formerly required, and so two- thirds of the pain and nervous strain is eliminated. Formerly It took half a day to make a filling. Now an expert, working with electricity, may fill a tooth in ten minutes. An electric root dryer heats up the cavity after it is clpuneri and dries it out almost in stantly. That Is a modern 'Invention and time-saver. An English modeling wax has taken the place of plaster of j paris, wnicn was a neai-pruuui.-er, ue sides being ill-tasting. Very few first-class dentists now ad minister chloroform or ether, and raeily is nitrous-oxide gas given. Any- j thing that reduces to unconsciousness ( has a bad effect. Local anesthetics are down to a fine point now. Probably the most popular Is ethol-chloride. This Is sprayed on the part to be treated for sensitive dentines and aching teeth. Among the local anesthetics, injected hypodermically, Is cocaine, odontuuder, alvatunder and the many formulas of tunder. The most common disease that the dentist has to treat is pyorrhea alveo laris, or gradual absorption of the pro cess below the gums. The gums re cede and the teeth become" loose and drop out This disease is due to neg lect of the teeth. It can be arrested if taken In time. There are specialties In . dentistry. Two St. Louis men get $100 for straightening children's teeth. LOST IN THE WOODS. -Prnotical Advice from a World Fa- mons Traveler. Every summer brings tragic tales of campers, hunters and summer tour ists who are lost In the woods. A considerable number are never found. Others go insane from terror, hunger or cold. Even in the more fortunate cases the persons who are lost undergo intense nervous strain. George Ken nan, the great traveller, gives some practical advice on this subject in a recent number of the Otulook. When you discover that you have lost your way sit down instantly. You have probably strayed but a short distance from the trail, because otherwise the branches of undergrowth would sooner have attracted your attention. Then ! with all your strength of will remind i y0Urself that If you allow yourself to I1 nkM, 'A ru8h ofl aimlessly, you will only get deeper and ; Brooklyn to Hamburg. Germany, re deeper into the woods. In the thous- cently, interested the postal clerks. and-square-mile forest tracts of Mich igan or the Adirondacks or Maine you might never be heard of again. The first act is to break the top of . DUsn ana Dena u over. iue uuuei- guch differ. CiJ'; v " bush and bend it over. The under ... , th nnnpP ns t - , - oticeable. Tothi9 first bush tie your handkerchief for a base. Walk slowly away, breaking and bending over bush tops every ten or twelve feet for a trail, and never lose sight of vour handkerchief. After a while re turn to your base and try another direc- j tion. always leaving a trail of bent , I bushes behind you. Shout whenever ' you return to your base. ' I In this manner one can usually nnd his way to the beaten path in a few minutes, or be found by search-parties, j Even children can ana snouia taught this simple lesson before they are allowed near large tracts of forest. Persons going deliberately into the woods to fish or hunt should always wear a small compass suspended by a chain about the neck. In a pocket it Is subject to too many chances of loss. If to the compass be added a tiny chamois bag containing a tightly cork ed bottle of matches, twenty feet of silk cord, a fish-hook and a few tablets of compressed food, the tourist's life Is practically safe even though he is lost for days. - - TROPICS ARE AT OUR DOOR. ; Americans Are Larse Consumers of -' Products of Warmer Climes. Americans live better, perhaps, than the people of any other part of the world. They are not content with the products of their own , country, but draw largely upon the tropics for con diments and delicacies that add to the pleasures of the table. The Increase In the contributions of the tropics to the daily life of man has 'been general throughout the countries where pros perity or an activity In manufacturing and commerce is the rule, but it seems to be especially marked in the United States, which now Imports more than $1,000,000 worth of tropical and sub tropical foodstuffs and raw materials every day In the year. The Increased reliance upon the tropics . Is probably greater, proportionately. In the United States than In most other countries," since a much larger share of our sugar TEETH. AND TO TRUE ONES. Is drawn from the tropics than is the case with other, and especially the Eu ropean countries, which in most cases now produce their own sugar from beets. The United States has during recent years consumed nearly one-half of the cane sugar of the world which enters into International commerce, and more than one-half of the coffee of the world. In the year 1901 the importations of goods usually considered as of tropical or subtropical production amounted to $400,000,000, or considerably more thai $1,000,000 for every day In the year, Including Sundays and holidays, while thirty years ago they amounted to but $143,000,000, or less than $400. 000 per day. Humor the Peacemaker. If the old-time duels were always dis graceful and sometimes fatal; they had the merit, like all other human things full of human error, of being fruitful in good jokes. Michael MacDonaUgh. In his book on "Irish Life and Charac ter," gives some cases in whicfi humor, from within or from without, came ... to the rescue of would-be-duelists. A witty Dublin barrister was con sulted by a physician as to calling out a man who had insulted him. . "Take my advice," said the lawyer, "and instead of calling him' out, get him to call you in, and have your re venge that way. It will be more se cure and certain." An upstart squire went to an- old squire for advice as to sending a chal lenge. "Healy of Loughlinstown," "Said he, "has threatened to pull me by the nose whenever he meets me. What would you advise me to do?" "Has he really used that threat?" asked the squire. "He has." "Well," said the squire. "I'll tell you what to do. Soap your nose well,, and it will slip through his fingers." Perhaps the most contemptuous - de clination of a challenge was that of an Irish gentleman of the-old school. 'y "Fight with him!" he exclaimed. ' I would rather go to my grave withoiif a fight!" Stopped for Once. A citizen from the frontier, Who nev er had been in Washington before, was visiting a friend in the nation's capi tal, and was taken one day to the gal lery of the Senate while an Important measure was under discussion, , A senator was delivering a long, prosy and apparently . aimless .speech, and the visitor soon grew tired of it "Why doesn't he say something worth listening to?" he whispered to his friend. "Oh, he's merely talking against time." "What's the good of that?". asked the other, aghast. "Time goes on JUst the same, doesn't It?" "1 suppose It does," replied his friend, looking at his watch and yawn ing; "but it doesn't seem to." Some exports to Germany. A parcel post package mailed in ! The customs declaration or its con tents written on the outside was as fol j lows: j One mustard plaster. j. 5 cents pje uu. '. -ems Mixed candy Scents ' i . v 1 K One box corn salve... a cents ! I 'Otasn lameis o ceius Total v . J24t cents A Historic Tree. There still flourishes at Dundee, ' Scotland, a tree which was dedicated 1 as a "tree of liberty" more than avcen- tiiry ago during the ferment caused.'.fcjy th3 French revolution. t A man can't be said to be thoroughly domestic in his tastes unless he , oajn get an article out -of the refrigerator without spilling something. be A dog fancier could give you pointers, , but he would rather sell them.