HYPOSCOPE ENABLES
An English clergyman hag invented a device which enables a marksman to. aim over walls, ramparts, etc., without
exposing himself to the fire of the enemy. It Is called the hypoacope. The device consists of an arrangement of mirrors
in a vertical tube which reflect the gnnsight and save the shooter from exposing his head to look along the barel. At
the National Rifle Association shoot at Bialey, England, the inventor astonished his audience by hitting his mark thirty
four times in thirty-five shots.
THE THANKFUL HEART.
Thou art not rich, thou art not poor;
Thy fortune keeps the middle way.
No ills thy strength cannot endure,
Apportioned to the passing day.
Thou art not young, thou art not old,
Yet calm thou seest thy years depart,
And joys are thine a thousand fold
Because thou hast the thankful heart.
A thankful heart for life alone
For beauty in the earth and skies
(And for such chare as thou dost own
By happy gift of seeing eyes);
For human love's endearing bond,
Where stanchly thou dost bear thy
Part;
For solace here and hope beyond
For all thou hast the thankful heart
Bo to this day of crowning cheer
By easy course thy steps did tend.
Since with each day of all the year
Some grateful leaven thou didst blend.
No chance thy prize from thee can wrest;
While life shall last thou shall not part
With that good gift (of all the best)
The treasure of a thankful heart. .
Harper's Bazar.
COUSIN JOSHUA'S WILL. ;
"Cousin Joshua is dead," said moth
er, unbuttoning her jacket.
"Cousin Joshua dead!" repeated
Chloe, Incredulously.
"He lived to a good old age," re
marked Cella, cheerfully.
"At last,' breathed Persia.
"He left fl50.000," went on mother,
taking off her bonnet.
"Pear Cousin Joshua," said Chloe,
still more cheerfully.
' "And he was a bachelor and father's
first cousin," said Chloe, oracularly.
"Italy!" sighed Persis. blissfully.
"He left $100,000 to various churches,
libraries and charitable organizations,"
said mother, sinking Into her chair.
"Well, that leaves $50,000," said Celia,
a little less cheerfully.
"The rest goes to the son of a dear
friend of his youth, Charles Frederick
Greyson," went on mother.
"But what about his first cousin's
children?" gasped Chloe.
"To the children of his first cousin,
your father," went on mother, as if
she were reading from the will of the
late Joshua, "he left the half-acre lot
with the six-room cottage thereon, sit
uated at Tyler's Crossing."
"The wretch!" cried Chloe.
"It is all because you married papa,
and he wanted you himself," snapped
Cella.
"Perhaps the six-room cottage on the
half-acre lot contains one of those
desks with a secret drawer concealing
a fortune," said Persis, In whose breast
"hope springs eternal." - -
"I'm sorry for you. girls," said moth
er, "but you know Aunt Hannah always
said that all we should ever get from
Couslu Joshua we could 'put in our eye
and see clear.' "
"We'll go to that six-room cottage In
summer," said Persis.
A few months later mother and the
three girls took the barge at Tyler's
for the cottage.
After riding a mile or two without
passing any house, the driver stopped at
the first of two weather-beaten cot
tages. "This 'ere's the old Josh Slocum
place and t'other's the Widder Bas
sett's. She and her son's stayin' there
now, so you'll have neighbors. There
ain't any others for two miles away."
"Let us hope 'Widder Bassett's son
Is young and charming," said Persis,
as they went Into the cottage.
The next morning as Persis was weed
ing what she termed then "Garden of
Bden" (more let it be confessed In the
hopes of seeing the "wldder's son" than
from love of gardening), a snake glided
across her path. The shrill, unearthly
cry which came from her throat
brought a young man over the dividing
fence with as much celerity as even
Persia could wish.
"What Is It? Can I be of service?"
cried the young man, hastily lifting his
cap.
M 'Twas : a snake! An enormous
snake!" gasped Persis. "There it Is
now!" and a second cry rent the air.
A well-directed blow soon killed the
Invader of this second garden of Eden
a smalL harmless, green reptile.
."Are you sure that is the one? , I cer
tainly thought it must be a boa con
strictor at least," said the young man,
eying Persia and the snake rather du
biously.
"You wouldn't stop to think whether
it was one foot or one hundred If It
was running under your skirts," said
Persia, then stopped rather suddenly.
"No," said the young man, soberly,
"that would certainly alter the case.
The two families became good
SOLDIER TO SHOOT WITHOUT BEING SEEN,
friends, finding each other most con
genial. "You would hardly suppose this small
cottage represented $50,000 and a trip
to Europe, would you?" asked Persis
one afternoon, as she lay swinging In
a hammock.
"The best thing you can do," said
Mrs. Bassett, after hearing the expla
nation, "is. to find Charles Frederick
Greyson and marry him.
"I wouldn't marry him if he had a
million," retorted Persis. "The idea of
robbing a defenseless widow with three
charming daughters."
"Really, though," said Frederick Bas
sett, "I don't see how young Greyson
Is to blame." '
"Well, he Is,' snapped Persis, with an
air of finality. "I despise him. I shall
marry some young struggling doctor or
lawyer or " and she stopped, blushing
furiously, for it occurred to her that
Frederick Bassett was a lawyer, al
though he did not appear to be strug
gllng for fame just at present.
The summer wore away, and as a nat
ural sequence its close brought the en
gagement of Persis and the "widder's
son."
"Persis," said Frederick one night,
"do you think you could have confi
dence In one who had deceived you?"
"Do you mean to say that you have
deceived me?" said Persis, sitting up
very straight.
"Well er -that is, Persis"
"Are you married?" gasped Persis,
with such a tragic air that the heart
less young lawyer laughed. -
"No not yet, Persis, but my mother
was married twice, and I am the son of
her first marriage. My name is "
"Don't say it is Smith," interrupted
Persis; "anything but that."
"My name," he went on, rather hur
riedly, "is Charles Frederick Greyson."
"Why, Fred Bassett!" cried Persis;
"then you are Cousin Joshua's heir
and I always said "
"Never mind what you said. You
didn't know what a nice fellow he was,
did you?"
'"But why didn't you tell me before?"
asked Persis.
"Why, bless your heart, Persis, you
always said you wouldn't marry
Charles Frederick Greyson, and I have
found you a person who knows her own
mind quite thoroughly; but you were
so adorably lovely 1 couldn't resist try
ing to win you as Frederick Bassett."
"Well," said Persis, "I suppose I can
forgive you, but "
"Of course you can," said Charles
Frederick Greyson. Indianapolis Sun.
LONG TOUR IN AUTOMOBILE.
Dr. Lehneas Has Set Out for. Paris to
Circle the Globe.
Dr. Lehwess, a naturalized English
man of German birth, who lives in
Paris, proposes to complete this cosmo
politanism by going around the world
in an automoblle.
The doctor says the Journey on which
he set out from Paris Is undertaken
partly from love of motoring, partly
because he wants material for a book,
partly because of a keen financial In
terest In the prospects of Increased
trade between Russia and England fol
lowing the completion of the Trans
Siberian railway. From Paris the route
route proposed is as follows: Brus
sels, Cologne, Berlin, Warsaw, St. Pe
tersburg, Moscow, Nljni Novgorod, Ka
san Omsk Tomsk, Irkutsk, Kianscbta,
and then either across the desert of
Gib to Pekin and TIen-Tsin, or by
Nirchlnsk, Ghabarov to Vladivostock,
according to the political situation In
NOVEL TWIN
European military experts speak in high praise of the twin cannon which has
just been constructed in Germany. . The two pieces can be fired from a single
carriage, and thus they occupy far less space than two separate pieces would
occupy. Moreover, they can be fired with extreme rapidity, and either singly or
at the same time, as may be desired. Lieut. CoL Delauney, a French authority
on modern guns, thinks very highly of the new weapon. "It combines," he says,
"great efficiency as regards firing, with notable economy as regards weight, and
though-the present model is not of very large caliber, it is to be presumed that
the same principle will very soon be applied to the largest guns."
China. From the Pacific coast the ex
pedition will cross by steamer to Japan,
and from there via Honolulu to San
Francisco,--
"The car must be a good hill climber
to surmount the Rockies?" "was sug
gested. "I don't Intend to put it to the test,'.'
said the doctor. "We shall proceed
south across Mexico to New Orleans,
and from there to St. Louis, Chicago,
DOCTOB LEHWESS' AUTO.
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and. after an ex
cursion into Canada we shall finish our
transcontinental journey at New York.
From New York the car will swing on
the crane for the last time, and the last
lap will be a quick run from Liverpool
to London.
"The time It will take? Oh, we calcu
late on being away about eight mouths.
This Is not to be a race, but a tour
of Inspection." . -
The automobile Is a Panhard Levas
sor of thirty horse power, with a car
riage beautifully fitted up to Dr. Leh
wess' specifications. It is of the Pull
man type and has sleeping accommoda
tions for four. It Is painted a brilliant
yellow, with dark red relief.
An Odd Method of Heatinji Cars.
The Northwestern Railway Company
of England has equipped some of its
trains with a system of heating to
which the much-abused term "unique"
may well be applied. Two concentric
cylinders are employed, the annular
space between which communicates
with a steam pipe extending from the
locomotive boiler. The -inner cylinder
contains acetate of soda a compound
remarkable for its property of lique
fying when heated, and of cooling very
slowly. The radiators thus constituted
are Incased in asbestos-lined boxes hav
ing hinged doors. By opening or clos
ing the door of a box the heat is turn
ed on or off.
Equal to the Task.
- A certain lady had, one day, been
rudely treated by a minor railway offi
cial. She was very indignant, and
quite at a loss for words; but she had
a saving sense of humor, and turned
to a stranger at her elbow.
' "Sir," said she, "will you tell this
man what I think of him?"
The stranger, without betraying the
least excitement, said, in a melancholy
drawl:
"Sir, this lady thinks you an under
strapper, clothed with a little "brief au
thority, whose only qualification for
the position you occupy is your extra
ordinary impudence."
What has become of the old-fashioned
woman who inquired of her sulk
ing boy: "Has the cat got your
tongue?" ; .
Merchants talk about "tin horn
clerks:" clerks who blow a great deal,
and are of little account
CANNON.
WHERE THE CRUST IS WEAK.' ?
Portions of the Kartfi in Dasher of
Volcanic Eruption.
; From north to south, mountains flank
the whole of the western coasts of
America and from Alaska, where more
than one' active volcano is to be found,
to Cape -Horn, the lines of weakness
are clearly marked. One runs through
the Cascade Mountains, down the Sier
ra Nevadas into Lower California; an
other from the Rocky Mountains,
through Central America, and , down
.the entire coast 'of the south continent,
along the Andes. West of the Rocky
Mountains is a vast extent of country,
larger than France and Great Britain
combined, consisting of bare, basalt
plain, caused by lava flows from fis
sure eruptions. :
East of the Rocky Mountains is the
far-famed Yellowstone Park district,
lying mainly in Wyoming and partly
in Montana and Idaho, whose hot
springs . and geysers show that the
temperature here is still intense at no
great distance below the surface.. It
jwas in 1872 that these extraordinary
geysers and boiling springs became the
property of the people.
Among the most noted' volcanoes, on
the American continent are Jorullo,
PopocateptL Cotopaxi, the highest vol
cano In the world, and Consequina,
whose tremendous explosion in 1835
closely resembled that of the first erup
tion of Vesuvius, and of Krakatoa in
1883. In all. America possesses nearly
100 volcanoes. :'
In the Atlantic Ocean very few Isl
ands are to be fdund, but they are
nearly all volcanic in origin.
Disconnected with any line of weak
ness, about the equator, are the Sand
wich, or Hawaiian Islands, the last
spot to be visited In our tour of the
world's vdlcanoes.
These islands are nothing but a
group of huge volcanic cones, but for
three-quarters of a century all the
eruptions which have taken "place have
been non-explosive. The active craters
are in Hawaii, with the soft, musical,
native names of Kilauea. Hualalal, and
Loa; while there are two other cones,
one of them, Kea by name, rising 13,
805 feet Both Kea and Loa are reck
oned to t)e twice the bulk of Etna.
Pearson's Magazine.
A GOSSIP PARTY.
Where the Men Retail Brilliant Scraps
- of News.
Let it not be imagined that a gossip
party is confined to the sex credited
with having a corner on the gossip
market There must be an equal num
ber of men and women present at this
fascinating function. . In the first place,
the hostess writes a dozen or more
topics of conversation upon cards,
which are handed to guests upon their
arrival. The subjects usually chosen
are of 'up-to-date and piquant charac
ter, a startling bit of news, a new
novel or picture, the flirtations of one's
friends, questions of costume, favorite
dishes, or tastes, etc. Chairs arranged
in pairs and sofas scattered alwut the
rooms have numbers attached to them,
just as many as there are couples;
these numbers are drawn for, and each
couple drawing corresponding numbers
hunts up the: seats similarly num
bered. ' -- .
After the manner of progressive card
parties, a boll Is rung to announce each
topic of conversation, for which five
minutes are allowed. At the end of
that time the men rise and pass on to
the seat next theirs in number. At
each change of places the next subject
on the cards is taken up and chatted
about. The women remain seated,
while the men progress until the en
tire circle is made, or until the hos
tess announces the conclusion of the
gossip. Slips of paper and pencils are
then distributed and the women vote
for the men whose gossip has most in
terested them, and vice versa. The
two gaining the most votes receive
prizes as a reward of their brilliancy.
Philadelphia Times.
bat iu Her Line.
Did you ever, see a girl spin a top?
Did you ever see her carefully and
closely wind a string around the cone
and then, with a quick throw and jerk,
give it the necessary rotary moion to
send it whirling right side up? You
never did, and probably you never will,
says thev Chicago . Record-Herald, be
cause the ready possibility of doing
such a thing does not lie in a woman's
anatomy.
A girl can twirl a rope and jump one
enough times to weary her watching
brother, but a top in her hands is a
useless thing, and the brother only
laughs at her efforts to spin It, if she
makes them,, as he laughs at all her
efforts in the direction ef throwing.
Observe the children playing in the
streets at top-spinning seasons. You
may watch all day and not see one girl
with a top In her hand, while you will
see hundreds with skipping ropes. If
you see any playing with balls they will
be simply bouncing them on the pave
ments, using a very short cramped
motion of the arm in doing so.
The simple fact is that a girl cannot
throw, in the. true sense of the term,
because of the peculiar construction
of her shoulder. When a boy throws
a ball he bends his elbow, reaches back
with his forearm and uses every joint
from shoulder to wrist. His arm is re
laxed. A girl throws with a rigid arm,
because her collar bone is larger and
sits lower than a boy's. This pre
vents the free motion of the arm re
quired for strength and accuracy in
throwing; hence she cannot spin a top
properly.
The Holland Primrose,
There is a plant in Holland known as
the evening primrose, which grows to
a height of five or six feet and bears
a profusion df large, yellow flowers, so
brilliant that they attract immediate
attention, even at a great distance.
But the chief peculiarity about the
plant is the fact that - fhe flowers,
which open just before sunset burst
into bloom so suddenly that they give
one the impression of 'some magical
agency. A man who has seen this sud
den blooming says it is just as if some
one had touched the land with a wand,
and thus covered it all at once with a
golden sheet.
, A woman likes to have everybody say
she is young looking arid is a member
of an old family.
Nothing is more detestable than th6
prejudices of other people. - -
THE CHURCH AND POLITICS.
By Her. Ctwfe IT. Stoae.
The line between things secu
lr and things religious is toe
sharply drawn in these days. If
a man is to be truly religious he
must exercise his power consci
entiously in every department of
life. He must be loyal and obe
dient to his impulses in the discharge of
his duties as a citizen. He must do this
if he would be truly, faithful to his
chacdi. It is because men have created
the artificial line referred to that we
have bad laws, incompetent and corrupt
administration. The smaller the govern
mental division the more likely , we are
to find' evil conditions. - 'Municipal ad
ministration, as a rule, is the worst The
interest in national elections is always
greater than in any other, while the inter
est in municipal elections is generally the
least of all. It is because of this that
we have usually more incompetent ad
ministration in -municipal government
than elsewhere. -
We must not be afraid of that word
politics. Do not consent to the ruin of
this word. The "boss system" is not poli
tics. Politics is authoritatively defined
as "the science of government." We
have no more right ,to call this coSspiracy
against the freedom of the people known
as the "boss system" politics than we
have to call common, stupid lying by the
name of diplomacy. The remedy for
bossism is to be found only in the hearty
and intelligent co-operation of men of all
parties and of no parties in the work of
destruction. This, I insist, is pre-eminently
a religious duty. If the church
has not enough influence to make us per
form this duty, then there is something
radically wrong with, the church.
, There is a world of difference between
a leader and a boss. . The leader says,
"come on," the boss says, "go on;" the
leader consults, the boss dictates; the
leader serves the people, the boss tyran
nizes the people; the leader plans, the
boss schemes; the leader works in day
light the boss in darkness.
. Let each church have its 'men's good
government club," with meetings on a
weekday, committed to the work of pre
paring the spiritual soil of the parish by
redeeming it from the noxious weeds of
vice, crime and all unlawful acts and
deeds that hinder the progress of justice
and righteousness.
STORM AND STRESS OF LIFE.
r Jter. Thomas B. Gregory.
To-the question: "Is Life
Worth Living?" the overwhelm
ing majority of men, if they
were sincere, would be obliged
to answer, "No!" They would
be forced to reply that to them
life was a burden, the gift not of
love, but of hate. This storm and stress
is felt on every hand. - Humanity is
thoroughly tired out and exhausted.
Looking at the life of the average mor
tal in the centers of modern activity, we
cannot miss seeing the fact that it is but
a ceaseless . round of strain and worry.
Does such man find any time for pleas
ure? And time for self-improvement?
And time for the proper enjoyment of
the life that has been given to him?
No! Every hour and minute, when he
is not asleep, he is toiling like, a convict
under the lash of the prison boss. And
this is life the life of the average
"American citizen" the life of the great
majority of the men who have built up
the colossal wealth of this great country!
This man, maybe, has a family; but he
is too tired to pay much attention to wife
and children. He Has no time for recrea
tion and personal improvement! Happi
ness for the eye, the ear, the mind beau
ty, of field and gallery; music, books, the
thoughts of the great and good of all
ages! -
Are these things of no consequence?
Character, manhood, intellectual exulta
tion, the perception of natural and moral
beauty, and the serene joy that flows
from these things are they fit for noth
ing but to be hove over among the rub
bish? These things constitute life. To
know -these things is to live; and the hu
man being who does not know them does
sot live.
Eight hours out of the twenty-four is
long enough for any human being to toil.
And for those eight hours the ' toiler
should be paid the wages which will en-
VICTOR EMMANUEL OF ITALY'
He Would Have the Armaments ot
. En rope Reduced.
King Victor Emmanuel III, of Italy,
who is following in the footsteps of
the Russian Czar in an endeavor to
have the armaments
of Europe reduced,
Is the youngest
among the great
sovereigns of Eu
rope. Since his ac
cession to the throne
two years ago, upon
the tragic death of
his father. King
Humbert, who was
assassinated by an
king or italy anarchist he has
given evidence of great ability and of
deep solicitude for the welfare of his
subjects. Finding the finances of his
kingdom In bad condition, be set an
example to his people and ministers by
instituting reforms in his own house
hold. He began by cutting off all un
necessary expenses and regulating ev
erything according to rigid- economy.
His zeal and enthusiasm reacted upon
the government and now the finances
of Italy, while far from being all that
could be desired, are In much better
shape than at any previous time in re
cent years.
In his habits and tastes King Victor
Emmanuel Is democratic and loves to
travel incognito among bis subjects.
His Queen Consort, Helene of Monte
negro, has grown in popular fajoraince
her marriage in 1896; She Is not extra
vagant "and readily accommodates her
self to ner husband's Ideas. The King
Is only S3 years old, having been born
in 1869.' so that in the ordinary course
of events he ought to see Italy, If pres
ent progress is maintained, prosperous
and contented.
CONVERTIBLE PASSENGER CAR.
Seat with Movable Back 'Are Made
Into Couches.
The discomfort of riding at night In a
half-sitting and half-reclining posture
in a railroad car is an uncomfortable
situation which many have passed
through at some time In their life, for,
although luxurious sleeping cars are
now provided on all railroads, many
people feel that they cannot afford to
pay the rates, and so are compelled to
able him to sleep in peace for eight hours
and to spend the remaining third of the
day in living.
' It is a blasphemy upon us' that we
should be so busy "making a living" that
we have no time left in which toMive.
Merchandise is a great thing, but man
hood is a greater, and it is high time that
manhood had received some slight recog
nition. m , -
WOMAN'S FU1 URE WORK.
By Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
In the future the
women will be the
barbers and hair
dressefs, the doc
tors and the dent
ists. I think they
will drive men out
of the pulpits be
cause women are
much better fitted
than men to be the
MRS. STANTON.
moral teachers of the race. Up to the
present time men have done all the
preaching and ail the voting and all .the
lawmaking, and they have made such a
deplorable failure of all three that wom
en, have been obliged to lend them a
hand. This is stili a masculine civiliza
tion, but not nearly as much so as it used
to be.
The reason why women- are pushing
men out into the trades and professions
is that there Is less work to be done at
home than there formerly was. I - can
remember in my young days, more than
sixty years ago, how busy women used
to be in the kitchen. Once or twice a
year a couple of fat hogs would be killed
and dragged into the kitchen to be cut
up and salted away in barrels and jars.
We had to mold candles, knit stockings,
preserve fruit, spin yarn and string dried
apples. The work has gone out of the
home, and all women who do not wish to
be idle and useless have put on their hats
and gone after it.
OPPORTUNITY IN BANKING.
- By Lyman J. Sage.
There was never
a greater demand
for capable men in
banking circles
than there is at the
present time. The
demand is , much
greater than the
supply, and is con
stantly increasing.
Any capable man
can procure a good
L. 1. GAGE.
position at a good
salary. But he must have shown his ca
pabilities before he will be intrusted with
the handling of the manifold duties that
devolve upon the heads of any of our
great financial institutions.
The young bank clerk may have a bril
liant future before him if he will but lend
his energies to mastering the intricate
details of the banking business, and so
fit himself for a position of trust. If he
but proves himself worthy he will experi
ence no trouble in securing a position
that will pay him a salary of $25,000 a
year or more. It is men who are worth
such salaries as this who are being looked
for, and the supply is not great enough
to meet the demand.
CONCENTRATION ESSENTIAL.
By Louts Stern.
The requisite quality that
makes for success in life un
doubtedly varies with the voca
tion in life that a man follows.
The good soldier is not of neces
sity the good lawyer, nor is the
good business man of necessity a
good diplomat. Every walk of life re
quires different qualities to insure suc
cess; but one quality is essential to all,
and that is concentration of effort. The'
ride in the ordinary coaches. With the
idea of e lessening this discomfort to the
minimum, Thomas O.. Potter, of Dead-
wood, S. D., has designed the combina-1
tion passenger car and sleeper shown in
the accompanying illustration.
When the seats are to be utilized for
day riders they do not appear to be
different from those of the ordinary
passenger car, provision being made to
reverse them in the usual manner when
the car Is running In either direction.
When the coach is on night trips, how
ever, arrangement is made for bridging
'the space between the seats to form
couches. Thus an ordinary passenger
car having seats with movable backs
can be readily converted into a sleeper
SHOWING THE BACK IXWEBED TO FOBlf
THE COUCH.
with couches filling the space which is
occupied by any two contiguous seats
and their backs.
In the new invention the solid tilting
bar to which the back of the seat Is
rigidly attached is replaced by a slotted
bar. A separate bar Is secured to the
back, and the connection between this
and the slotted bar Is a bolt having
a screw head which forms a clamp
for holding the two In either position.
When the clamp is released the back
of the seat -drops down to the level of
the bottom, the slotted bar resting in
the hook at the side of the seat to sup
port the weight
HIGH PRICE FOR A WELL.
Mexican 8tate Offers 5,000 and Priv
ilege to Man Who Can Din- It.
A golden opportunity is offered to
American well drillers. Andrew D.
Barlow, United States consul general
at the City of Mexico, has just for
young man entering upon a business ca
reer needs this quality it is the one thing
without which he cannot hope to be a
successful business man.
There is a crisis in every man's life
when he Is called upon to make a mo
mentous choice between the road to suc
cess and that leading to failure. He is
like a man walking along a straight road
who unexpectedly encounters a fork in
the pathway. Here three roads diverge.
The center one, that most frequently tak
en, leads to mediocrity. Of the other two,
one leads to success and the other to
failure; there is no finger post and
man's decision depends entirely upon his
own intuition. This intuition is merely .
the outcome of concentration. If a man
has devoted hie best efforts to the bus!-,
ness he has in hand, he possesses the
ability to make a wise choice; if not, be
is lost '
No one can advise at the critical mo
ment If the individual has earnestly
endeavored to master his business, and
has acquired a thorough knowledge. of
it, he, is in a position to map out the
right course for himself; if not, no ad
vice can prove availing.
To succeed to-day, a man must possess
originality and perseverance; he must
master and understand himself and Vis
business and have stamina. Halt-heart-edness
ip business only leads to- disap
pointment To succeed, a man must con
centrate his thoughts and energies upon
his work, and such . concentration is
bound to bring its own reward.
MEN WOMEN ADMIRE.
B Lady Colin Campbell.
Above everything else a wom
an admires strength in a man.
It may be strength of body she
will worship a Hercules -with
the brain of a guinea pig; it may
be strength of intellect she will
adore a savant with the body of
a gibbon monkey; it may be strength of
character; she will break her heart for
a politician or financier who is unswerv
ingly wrapped up in dreams of personal
advancement and who possesses no more
heart than an oyster. But strength :n
some form she craves unceasingly. It is
a hereditary instinct that has been be
queathed to her through Eve's first dis- -appointment
when Adam was tried in
the balance and found wanting.
Women abhor cowards and still more
sneaks, though I regret to say they often
endure .cads in a way that belies their in
telligence and good taste. They have
quite a pathetic desire to look up to men,
to feel men their superiors in strength of
body and of mind, in calmness of judg
ment and clearness of intellect Aid it is
Indeed a pity that men often go out of
their way to destroy their most cherished
illusions.
Woman, secretly conscious of her own
physical weakness and lack of intellec
tual strength, demands strength from
man to make up for her deficiencies.
Even the strongest women, strong In
body and mind, well balanced as Athene
herself, though they may shield and pro
tect the weakness of the men they love
and stoop lo help them, will never do so
without a secret feeling of contempt
which is destruction of all ideals.
DUTY OF THE TEACHER.
By Rev. J. L. Spalding, D. D.
The test of life In any calling
is intelligence, efliclency and
moral stamina. These qualities
should be the test of the school.
Help us to courses of study
which produce these attributes.
Give us more true-hearted men
and women, and less method. Let us
continue to build character, the founda
tion of which is ,duty.
Our schools should maintain and pro
duce the rugged independence of thought
and action of America's forefathers, and
eliminate time-serving diplomacy which
places individual security and prosperity
before permanent liberty and personal
indepenaence.
The future of Porto Rico, Cuba and
the Philippines depends more upon their
teachers than upon the sword. Much has '
already been done; the future problem
is not to be solved by the army or the
navy, or both forces combined. . The
teacher and the home will solve the fu
ture proDiem 01 government iu ims coun
try and in any new lands coming under
its flag. . ,
warded a communication to the Com
mercial Museum. It is the transla
tion of a proclamation Issued by the
Acting Governor of the State of Oax-
aca, Mexico. The decree announces that
a prize of $5,000 in Mexican currency
will be granted to the person or com
pany that within the next three years
shall drill and put into working order
an artesian well in the City of Oaxaca
or in the towns of Xochinilco and San
Felipe del Aqua and Facienda do
Aquilera.
Exemption from all local taxes will
be granted to those who undertake the
work from the date of commencing it
and for the period of ten years there
after if results are successful. , Dur
ing the operations the, company or per
sons engaged in the work, as also all
employes, will be exempt from all per
sonal taxes.
The property, possession of same and
use of the artesian well will belong
exclusively to the persons to whom the
concessions are. granted. In order to
obtain the concession a written appli
cation must be. made to the Governor
of Oaxaca. v
The competition is open to American
drillers, and it is expected that as a. re
sult of the recent triumphs of Ameri
Ican engineers in obtaining coveted con
tracts for similar work, an American
will carry off the prize.
Coolies Do the Hard Work. .
The brunt of the hard labor In Ma
nila, as in many eastern cities, is per
formed by the coolie class. This Is gen
erally an ignorant but rather content
ed class. They receive very low wages
and subsist upon what other people
would throw away. They are Indolent
unless driven by want of food, and
they bask in the sun like animals. One
of the strange and Interesting sights
on any day In Manila Is to witness the
coolies' at their noonday siesta. vThey
sit about on their haunches and quietly
puff their pipes and appear but half
awake. This is always after they have
had a full meal of rice and vegetables.
The rest of the family always ex
pect a great deal from 'the daughter
who marries and becomes rich by hus
band Insurance. ... - , .
We are always glad to get out of a
crockery store, as we are afraid of
breaking something. . ;?