SHAKE 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.