MOLLY IN THE CHOIR
In a blaze of golden sunshine,
Babbath morning sunshine gay,
Laughed a girl with hair all glory.
Fresh young face and eyes of gray.
Head uplifted, red lips parted,
Caroled she of faith's desire,
Sang she with a voice of heaven
That was Molly in the choir.
In a flood of chastened glory.
Great white light from out the West,
Stood a woman, loveliest, fairest,
In her face her soul expressed.
With a voice that pierced the stillness,
Chastened sweetness rising higher,
Sang she with a voice of heaven
That was Molly in the choir.
In the gloom of winter, beating
'Gainst the pane fierce storm and sleet,
Stands a woman, sorrow-laden.
With a face resigned and sweet.
Still that voice that rises clearly
Thrills all hearts with holy fire;
Well she's used her gift from heaven
That is Molly in the choir.
American Farmer.
A HUNDKED-
DOLLAR BILL.
H
ELP me think. I have got
to do something. I feel so
o responsible," Peggy
said to Mabel, who answered, sticking
out her chin: "I do hope, Peggy Cray
shaw, nobody else won't never die and
leave you a hundred-dollar bill. You
ain't good for anything In the world
since your father brought It home."
"If he had Just taken It with him!"
Feggy sighed; "mother wanted him to,
but he said it was safer here. As if
anybody would think of picking pock
ets at a weddingl And they won't be
back until almost midnight. It's ten
miles at least to Cousin Fanny Gor
ham's." "I never saw a hundred-dollar bill.
Let me look at yours If you know
where It Is," Mabel said, almost pens
ively. Peggy gave her red skirts an
airy flirt, saying: "Of course I know
where It Is. Do you reckon they would
not tell me, so I couldn't get it first
thing If the house should catch fire?"
"I thought maybe they hid It until
they could buy you those two cows
with It," Mabel answered, meekly.
Peggy smiled, but said, austerely:
"Mother said I must not be vain and
purseproud, and I don't mean to be;
but It will be nice to have $1,000 all my
own when I'm 21. And father says he
will give me the keep of the cows for
the calves, so the milk and butter In
eight years will make me a nice little
fortune "
"Ohol You're like the milkmaid over
In the back of the spelling book," Mabel
broke in. Peggy grew very sober. "It s
thlnklu' about her makes me so un
easy," she said. "Suppose something
should go with the money. You know
In the story books something always
does happen to the money, when It is
left at home with nobody but girls to
take care of it."
"You surely ain't 'fraid of robbers?"
Mabel laughed. "There never was one
In the county, father says. Nor tramps
neither "
"You never can tell what's going to
happen," Peggy said. "Anyway, I'm
goln to get out the money and we'll
study up where we'll put it, so It shall
be perfectly sare.
"Why! It's just like any other bill.
I thought It would be ever so big,"
Mabel said, as Peggy unlocked her fa
ther's desk, touched the spring of the
secret drawer and drew out a bit of
crisp green paper. Together they spread
It flat on the desk and traced the figures
with eager, happy fingers. "You see
It's hundred all right!" Peggy said,
with a note of triumph which she tried
vainly to subdue. Mabel squinted at it
critically. "If I was you I'd pin It
tight to my undcrbody," she said, "then
It couldn't get lost, and nobody could
find It."
"That won't do at all. Of course, rob
bers would look In our clothes first
thing, after they didn't find it in the
desk." Peggy answered. "Besides,
we're goin' In the orchard for a basket
of sweetings, and It might work loose."
"Oh, I know where it'll be safe! Let's
put it under Seraphine's new face be
fore we sew It on. Nobody In the world
would ever find It there," Mabel cried.
Peggy heard ber almost with envy.
Seraphine was her biggest doll, a stout,
bunchy rag damsel, who had a .new
staring, clean, white countenance every
year of her life. If the bill, neatly
folded, made her face somewhat bloat
ed, as Mabel said, nobody that ever
lived would guess the reason for It.
Peggy added, "We mustn't put her
away In the closet, or a drawer. That
might make the robbers think we'll
Just throw her there on the window
seat, where we can keep an eye on her,
and we will look like we had been play
ing with her and had dropped her."
"Yes," Mabel nodded, "and If any
thing comes we'll pick her up and slip
out to the orchard. They never can
find us If we get up high where the
leaves are so thick in the tops of the
trees."
"Let's go there right now! I'm apple
hungry " Peggy said, reaching for the
basket. Mabel picked up Seraphine,
but Peggy said with emphasis, "Mabel
Bert, Is that all the sense you have got?
Suppose we met the robbers right at the
door as we came back? They'd know
right off we had a reason for lugging
Seraphine around!"
"They'd Just think we were fond of
ber. I am!" Mabel said stoutly, cud
dling Seraphine and smoothing her red
skirts affectionately. But Peggy snatch
ed the doll and flung her against the
window seat with a resounding thump,
then banged the door behind ber and
ran with Mabel for the apples.
They were gone only a minute at
least it seemed so to themselves, but
when they got back a tall man hallooed
lustily at the gate.
"Say! Come here, you young misses!
Are the people at this place all dead or
asleep? My name is John Dutch I've
come twenty miles to fetch 'Squire
Crayshaw that filly be said he'd buy
last week."
"You'll have to come In and wait, Mr.
Dutch. He won't be home for ever so
long," Peggy said, hospitably, setting
open the door. Mr. Dutch shook his
head. "Can't wait," he said, but got
down from his horse and led through
the yard gate a haltered filly, the very
prettiest thing on four icsfa Peggy had
ever seen. The filly pulled back, thea
nipped at Dutch as though angry, but
when. Mabel ran up to her she put down
her dainty head to be stroked.
"She is mad with you because you
made her come too fast. See how her
flanks heave," Peggy said. Dutch
smiled oddly as he answered: "I had
to come fast. I am bound to go buck
to-night, and the days are short now.
Say, miss, didn't your father leave the
money for me? I can't well go with
out It the filly, you see, Is just partly
mine, and 'tother fellow's a cross-grained
chap that don't trust anybody."
"He didn't leave any money at all but
my hundred dollars," Peggy said, try
ing to speak carelessly. Dutch laughed
again. "Funny!" he said, "but that's
Just the price of this beauty. She's
worth double, but I well, I don't like
to be partner with a skinflint. Suppose
you buy the beast, seein' the 'Squire
ain't here and then tell him if he
wants her, why! he must give you two
hundred."
"Oh, Peggy! Don't!" Mabel said
eagerly, but Peggy frowned at her.
"Don't you mind her, Mr. Dutch," she
said. "Of course, I'll give you the
money. Father must have forgotten
you were coming, but I won't make
him pay me quite two hundred. That
wouldn't be fair would it?"
"Anything's fair In a horse trade,"
Dutch said. "But let's finish our bar
gain. I must be movln' fast. Get the
money, please, while I write a receipt."
"In just a minute," Peggy said, lead
ing the way to her father's desk. As
Dutch sat down he looked apprehens
ively over his shoulder through the
open door, and said almost In a whis
per: "Make haste."
Hand in hand, Peggy and Mabel ran
to find Seraphine. Seraphine had van
ished. Yet the room was undisturbed,
the windows fast, the door securely
latched, Tipsy, the white kitten, sleep
ing peacefully beside the fire. The
children looked at each other, awe
struck, then began to cry. Dutch dart
ed In to them. "If you've been fooling
me you'll be sorry for It," he said sav
agely. "You had that hundred dollars
I know it I know about your aunt's
will. Give It to me. Quick! Quick! Do
you hear? ' I'm bound to get away."
"Hardly when you leave a stolon
filly plain to view," a man said, step
ping behind Dutch and seizing both
wrists. Dutch struggled hard, but was
promptly knocked down by the Sheriff
and his deputies, who had been hot on
the trail. "I really thought better of
you, Hanklns," the Sheriff said, as he
snapped the handcuffs on his prlsouer.
"It Isn't like you to botch things this
way. I suppose, though, you have
grown careless as you had stolen sev
en horses and got away with them,
you thought you'd make the rlflle with
the eighth, no matter what you did."
"How did he get my hundred dollar
bill? Make him tell. Make him give it
back. He stole It while we were In the
orchard," Peggy cried, shrilly. The
Sheriff looked significantly at Hank
lns. Hanklns shook his head. "I came
after it," he said, defiantly, "but sure
as I'm in these bracelets, If it's gone,
somebody else got it. If I had got It,
you'd a-never caught me. The stock's
dead beat I'd a-left It and struck for
the railroad. I knew you were not two
miles behind."
Search proved that he told the truth.
When the Sheriff had taken him a way
Peggy and Mabel ransacked the pi-env
lses. They looked under the "beds," In
every drawer and cuddy, the kitchen
closet, the woodshed, even-the pigeon
house,' the chicken coop and the pump
shed. "I don't believe it could have
got to the barn," Peggy said despair
ingly, "and the cellar door Is locked
fast and tight," Mabel added, through
sympathetic tears. Still they searched
spasmodically, with no appetite for
anything but sweetcake, until 'Squire
Crayshaw and his wife came home
from the wedding.. They brought a
great bundle of goodies, the sight of
which consoled Mabel to such an ex
tent that Peggy said, between sobs: "I
wouldn't sit there and gorge iced
pound-cake, Mabel Bert, If you had
had lost your whole fortune."
Just 'as she said it there came a queer
lumbering pit-pat on the kitchen stairs,
which ran up in one corner and led to a
low, dark closet. Peggy and Mabel
had looked It through as best they
might by light of the stnble lantern,
turning Inside out everything but
Bose's box bed beside the warm chim
ney, In which Bose himself, most wag
gish of shepherd puppies, lay curled
Into a fuzzy ball. Bose was coming
down the stairs now, moving sldewlse,
with something scarlet and heavylsh
In his mouth. At sight of his master
he tumbled down the last three steps,
dashed across the floor and laid the
something at his feet, wagging his tall
and looking up, as if for a word of
praise.
"Why, It's Seraphine! ne carried ffer
off to his bed!" Mabel screamed. Peggy
had her arms about the puppy's neck.
"Oh, you darling! You saved my hun
dred dollar bill!" she cried. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
NEW HANDSHAKE.
Introduced in Washing-ton by Assist
ant Secretary Meiklejohn.
Representative Amos J. Cummings
was one of a party of twelve who at
tended a dinner given by a public of
ficial a few evenings since. He knew all
the diners save one, a Western politi
cian, who was a friend of the host
The host Introduced bis Congressional
friends to his guest from the West. Mr.
Cummings was the first to be intro
duced. The Westerner, wearing an
evening suit, patent leather shoes, etc.,
advanced, holding his right band on a
level with his forehead. Mr. Cummings
approached to within a few feet of the
extended band and baited. He looked
the Westerner squarely In the eye,
glanced hastily at the outstretched
arm, and as he grasped It said smil
ingly: "Ugh! You shake bands like Meikle
john." At this everybody laughed. Mr.
Meiklejohn, who helps Mr. Alger man
age the War Department, Is noted for
his handshake, and his friends have a
little quiet fun with him because of his
affected manners. It may be remarked
in passing that the Westerner Is an In
timate friend of the Assistant Secre
tary and has acquired the top-lofty
handshake from association with him.
Washington special New York World.
There Is always a quarrel going on
as to which is tie more fickle, men or
women. Both are so fickle that the
abould be ashamed of themselves.
Since the news of the surrender of
Santiago was signaled to Admiral
Sampson by the heliograph, that de
vice has become a more popular con
sideration in a prominent and Interest
ing way. From time Immemorial there
has existed with all nations some sys
tem of communication by sight or
sound. In this country it dates back
to the aborigines, who made use of a
method involving the waving of a
blanket to obscure fire or smoke at
long and short Intervals. From this
crude system of the red man there has
evolved by slow stages the perfect
heliograph code of to-day, whereby
flashes of sunlight are sent scores of
miles by the Morse system of telegra
phy, conveying messages from one body
of troops to another; or from headquar
ters to a detachment in the field. In
the larger cities, of late years, when
there Is a street parade and the na
tional guard turns out, spectators have
noticed a peculiar detachment of troops
following In the wake of each regiment
men with crossed flags on their
sleeves, long leather-bound cases like
gun cases under their nrms, and other
unfamiliar paraphernalia. These men
constitute the "signal corps," and this
branch of the service is now on a plane
with the costly regular army.
The heliograph, or sun glass, Is the
greatest of modern improvements In the
field of signalling devices. In form It
is a glass four Inches square, and In Its
center is a minute hole. The operator
holds the glass to the sun in such a
position that, sighting through the
aperture, he strikes a spot on the sight
ing rod. This, on rifle principle, is
gauged by distance, and Is set by ex
periment until the operator knows that
a certain point upon it will give him
the range o! the point he desires to
Bend his message to by flashes. The
communication, In dots and dashes,
Is carried on by a shutter with which
the operator cuts off the flashes or
elongates them at will. A short flash
Is a dot a long one a dash. The heli
ograph can send Its sunlight a wonder
ful distance. Last year In the Rocky
Mountains, Captain Glassford, of the
department of the Colorado, flashed a
message from Mount Ellen to Mount
Uncompaghre, a distance of 185 miles.
The power of the light Is also great
Turned on to the dome of a State cap
ital building one day recently, from a
station miles away, the refraction of
the rays proved so great that the dome
could not be seen.
The shutters are worked by two little
rings, arranged like the handles of a
scissors, Into which the thumb and
one finger of the operator fits. When
the hand Is closed the shutters fly
back, exposing the mirror to the sun
light, and a flash is at once emitted
like that with which a small boy tan
talizes one in a window with a piece of
mirror. With a few minutes' practice
any telegraph operator can manage a
heliograph. Reading the flashes as
they came over miles of space to the
other station Is not so easy, however.
One soldier stands behind the Instru
ment which is not In use, and reads
off the message flashed to him by the
distant Instrument to another man,
who takes it down In regular form on
a telegraph blank.
In November, 1893. Assistant Super
intendent Lloyd, of the Western Union,
tendered his services to the Second
Illinois Regiment for the organization
of a signal corps. This led to an or
ganization, so that now in three State
brigades there are ninety skilled signal
men. The first Important work of the
corps was during the thirty-three days
of camp service during the great Debs
labor strike at Chicago. The system
was here found to be Invaluable, for In
at least half a dozen instances the sun
flashes warned bodies of soldiers of
the approaching riot, or served to con
vey calls for assistance. There was a
signal station at every threatened
point Later, at Camp Lincoln en
campments, the system was advanced
I to the very highest grade of proflcl
eneyi In addition to the heliograph, the
.various signal corps are now fully
.equipped with flags for day use,
, torches for night service, telegraph In
struments and reels of wire, and every
known device for transmitting mes
sages by sight or sound, skilled slg-
' nailers can telegraph by wire, by wig
wag, by flashes, by torch, by knife or
fork. They can make a common mlr-
f fr do heliograph duty in time of meed,
and can clogdance to the dots and
dashes of the Morse alphabet. During
the war of the rebellion signalling was
mainly done by flags. The code was
cumbersome then, the heliograph un
known. Yet the signal corps was an
effective aid to every division of the
army. Grant signalled the orders that
concentrated the brigades below Vicks
burg, and In the later battle of Look
out Mountain, the famous "battle above
the clouds," accurate Information of
the enemy's position was waved from
cliff to valley headquarters, and from
tree to riverside. General Albert J.
Meyer was the father of the army sig
nal service, and his principles save
as to code are still followed.
The flag code now Is very complete,
and every move of the red flag to right
or left, up or down, or swung In cir
cles, conveys a definite message to
field-glasses far away. During the In
dian wars out West signalling was an
Important feature of an erratic and dif
ficult warfare. The far-distance sys
tem was there In general vogue. It
was the heliograph which caused the
surrender of the terrible Apache chief,
Geronimo. When he was corralled In
some hundreds of square miles of Ari
zona desert, a signal service station
was placed at every watering place.
The flashes gave warning whenever the
thirsty remnant of the once powerful
band approached any of the springs.
Finding that he would die of thirst un
less he made a hopeless attack upon the
troops, the chief a.t last consented to a
parley and to final surrender. The
effectiveness of the signal system with
both land and sea forces during the
Cuban war, Is one of the most Interest
ing and Important features of that
campaign. Everywhere the heliograph
and the wig-wag system of flags were
in use, and the signal corps were In
fluential in hastening the course of
many events upon which hung the
destinies of army and fleet.
Duties of a Landsmen.
An uptown drug clerk desired to en
list In the United States navy. He was
SOLDIERS USING TnE HELIOGRAPH.
an efficient druggist, but he strenuously
disliked being In undignified haste over
anything. In fact, his disposition to
take everything slowly and In the most
dignified manner had seriously stood In
the way of his advancement even In his
own particular calling, and It was part
ly for this reason that be desired to join
the navy.
"In what capacity do you wish to en
list?" asked the recruiting otlicer very
briskly.
"As a druggist, sir," replied the appli
cant "Can't do it; we'll have to ship you
as a landsman."
"What does a landsman have to do?"
questioned the applicant, doubtfully.
"Anything he's told, and do it
quick, too." New Orleans Times-Democrat
OLD BANBURY CROSS.
Once a beat Thing Its Bite Is Still
Marked.
Old Banbury Cross, of which every
one has heard in the rhyme, "Ride a
cock horse," Is not a fiction. It once
stood In Banbury, which Is a town that
dates back even to the Reformation. In
literature, too, It has had secure men
tion any time the last 300 or 400 years.
r' mi
ere
It Is, therefore, as a disappointment to
be told although we knew It before,
we always know It that Banbury Is a
mere country place In England, which
for centuries remained of no little com
mercial Importance, even crediting It
with plenty of cheese and tarts of Its
own production. These, It Is true, are
still famous all over England. In re
cent years there has been an accession
of business there In the manufacture of
agricultural Implements. It Is a mar
ket and borough town, situated on the
River Cher well, sixty Ave miles from
i.Mi,
London. It boast? a large church that
hi an imitation of St. Paul's cathedral.
The original Banbury cross was, un
fortunately, destroyed by the Puritans
at the Reformation. A steeple type of
structure, something on the lines of the
Martyrs' Memorial at Oxford, now
marks the place where It stood. The
fine lady of the nursery jingle Is an al
lusion to the habit of the "old woman
of Banbury," known also as the "witch
of the white horse." Like the cross,
she has loug since disappeared, but her
memory Is kept green by the procession
In the town at royal Jubilees, occasions
of rare occurrence, except In recent
years under the present happy reign.
FATHER OF PENNY POSTAGE.
J. Hennlker Heaton, M. P., Receiving
Great Praise for His Work.
J. Honniker Heaton, M. P., the father
of the Imperial penny postage In the
British Empire, is receiving no end of
praise for his work, especially from the
colonists. He has been In Parliament
many years, and has made himself Im
mensely popular by his labors for a re
duction of the letter postage which is
almost international. Perhaps Mr.
Heaton was not altogether disinterest
ed in the scheme, for he is the proprie
tor of one of the largest newspaper
J. HBNXIKtCR BEATON.
properties In Australia. At the same
time he is receiving the blessings of
millions of her majesty's subjects who
write letters to friends beyond the seas.
The penny postage plan went into ef
fect on Christmas day, and is only one
of Its author's schemes for postal re-
form. It was he who Introduced the
telegraph money order system Into
Great Britain. He likewise showed the
French postal authorities the utilities
and beauties of the parcel post. Mr,
Heaton has other phases of character
than that of postal reformer. He is an
author of ability and a contributor to
the periodicals. Ills "Australian Dic
tionary of Dates and Men of the Time"
Is an authority and a most useful book.
He was born at Rochester In 1818 and
Is a very rich man. Among his other
achievements is that of Inaugurating
International parliamentary chess
matches between Great Britain and the
United States.
COAL IS KING.
Its Mighty Power Controls Onr En
tire Civilization.
We could not do without coal. This
commodity has become an absolute nc
cesslty of modern life. A failure In the
coal supply would deprive us at one
blow of the means of locomotion, light,
warmth and cooked food. It would
more than treble the cost of all coin
modltles which are at present manu
factured by steam power. In our great
cities It would at once cause an unprec
edented famine, ns It would bo lmpos
slble to meet the requirements of the
markets. It would convert our navy
Into a collection of useless hulks, and
would probably establish Norway or
Sweden as the greatest naval power In
the world. It would make Russia the
greatest commercial power, as this Is
the only country which uses oil almost
entirely for purposes of locomotion, and
which has enormous stores of that
commodity within Its borders. Coun
tries with large populations would be
come uninhabitable, and the world
would drift back Into a pastoral condi
tion. The vast majority of stocks and
shares would be converted Into so much
waste paper. It would probably take
at least a century to repair the devasta
tion that would ensue.
Pearls of Great Price.
The most magnificent and costly
pearl necklace In the world Is in the
possession of the Countess Heuckel,
well known in London and Paris. It Is
made of three historical necklaces, each
of which has enjoyed considerable
celebrity In former times. One of them,
valued at 2,000, was sold to the Count
ess by a grandee of Spain, and Is
known as the "necklace of the Virgin
of Atokha." The second belonged to
the ex-Queen of Naples, and the third
was the famous necklace belonging to
the Empress Eugenie and by her lately
sold to a London Jeweler for f 20,000.
An Old Palace.
Lambeth Palace, Loudon, has been
the home of the primates of Canter
bury for seven centuries. This place
can show specimens of almost every
style of architecture which has pre
vailed since 1100.
If a young man takes a girl out sleigh
riding, he has a light to demand that
she bold his hands when they get home,
to thaw them out
SENATOR WILLIAM M. STEWART.
United States Senator William Morris Stewart of Nevada is known as tha
"Santa Claus" of the Senate. The Senator gets this name by way of his plentiful
crop of shiny gray whiskers and his rubicund face, which beams through its snowy
frame of beard with the incandescence of that robust health the old miner has
ever enjoyed. Stewart was first elected to the Senate In 1804 and was re-elected
in 18G9. After that he practiced law in Nevada until 1887, when he was sent back
to his sent to succeed Senator Fair, and he was re-elected in 1893. Senator
Stewart has passed through some exciting and dangerous incidents during his
long life. Born in New York, brought up in Ohio, and half educated at Yale, he
went West in 1850 to dig gold, and found it. In 1800 he settled In Nevada and
has been prominent In mining, law and politics ever since. Stewart likes to tell
stories of his early mining experiences and to relate marvelous tales of his ability,
ns a pistol shot, of certain brave Work he did among the desperate men of '49.
Stewart has ever shouted about Nevnda "my Nevada" and his tremendous
knowledge of mining laws won him a big practice and caused him to be popular.
He has been the foremost champion of free silver In tiie Senate, and the foremost
In Cougress, with the exception of Richard Parks Bland, v I
REV. CHARLES CHINIQUY.
His Career Was Unparalleled in Cana
da's Hlstorjr.
The death of Rev. Charles CMulquy,
which occurred in Montreal recently,
removed a prominent figure In Cana
dian religious circles and one who had
a career unparalleled. Brought up a
devout Roman Catholic and ordained a
priest, he devoted the last thlrty-nlfle
years of his life to teaching a doctrine
that was entirely opposed to the one he
to zealously propagated in his youth.
He was born at Kamomaska, Quebec,
In 1809 and was educated In the Catho
lic faith. When only 8 years of age he
was thoroughly acquainted with the
main facts of Bible history. He entered
upon a theological course and was or
dained In the Cathedral of Quebec In
1833. He became specially Interested
In temperance work in Quebec province
and met with flattering success. His
tame as a temperance advocate grew
apace and the Parliament of Lower
Canada In 1851 passed him a vote of
thanks and 500 In recognition of his
light against drunkenness. The city of
Montreal gave him a gold medal. The
pope sent his benediction to Chlnoquy
tor bis work and the bishop of bis dio
cese bestowed upon him the title of
"Apostle of Temperance."
In 1850 he was called by Bishop Van
develde, of Chicago, to found a Roman
Catholic colony In the valley of the
Mississippi. He accepted the task and
brought over 5,000 French Canadians
to St. Anne, 111. Everything went well
for a time, but Bishop Vandeveldo died
and his successor treated Father Chl
nlquy's colony In a way that displeased
the priest, who appealed to the higher
authorities of the church for protection
against his bishop. In fact, Father
ChirJquy's theologilcnl views were un
dergoing a change. The bishop Inter
dicted him and a land speculator named
Spink hnd him arrested on a certain
charge. Chlniquy was defended by
"Abe" Lincoln, and was honorably ac
quitted. Bishop O'Regan was deposed,
but his successor, Bishop Smith, wish
ed to subdue Chlniquy, and after a
stormy Interview declared that Chlni
quy was no longer a priest of Rome.
The latter returned to his colony,
told them what had taken place, ex-
plained bow his views bud changed and
that he intended applying for admis
sion to a Protestant body. Ills parish
ioners stood by him to a man and In
18W the pnstor and congregation were
received Into the Tresbyterlan Church.
inventions
Intended to Discourage the Noble
profession of Jlurglary,
Applications have been made to tho
Patent Office In Washington for the
protection of three Inventions to dis
courage burglary and more especially
train robbery. They provide punish
ments compared with which the tor
FAMOUS HEADLESS
Mil
'FATlIKIl" ClIINISIur.
This picture shows China's famous headless sword, which has been an Institu
tion ever since the foundation of the Chinese empire. It gives the right to behead
any person at sight regardless of rank or dignity. Although the "bhang Fund"
sword has been an institution ever since earliest Chinese history, it has been,
ouljr ones bestowed during the present dynasty,
tures of the Inquisition were mere pas
times. The penalties are electrical. Th rvsfl
who make use of them may choose be
tween scalding a burglar to death, fin
ing him full of lead, or merely shocking
him into unconsciousness, if it Is not
desired to execute him by machinery, i
The best device Is quite original. It!
provides for a kind of trap door directly
in front of the safe, placed In such a
position that it will bo Impossible for,
the burglar to reach the safe unless h
steps upon It Directly he touches this
trap tne robber will be enveloped in
hissing, blistering steam. . I
The purely electrical protector Is
more Interesting. It can be adjusted
so that It will paralyze, malm or kill as,
Is desired. A powerful electrical bat
tery is connected with a safe. In front
of the safe is a steel mat. When the
thief stands on the mat and touches
the knob or any part of the safe he will
receive a shock that will put an end of
his energy. New York World.
BEECHER RIFLES CHURCH. :
One of the Oldest in Kansas and One
of the Most Interesting.
One of the most Interesting churches
In Kansas and a striking reminder of
the character of Henry Ward Beecher
stands In the little town of Wabaunsee.
It Is the Beecher Rifles Church, erected
by the men who went out from Hart-
BKKCIIER RIFLES CIIUItCK.
ford, Conn., In 1854 to help free Kan
sas. Beecher went to the meeting at
which the company was organized, and
standing before tho large audience sub
scribed enough to buy a rlflo for ono
of the men. He went home to Brook
lyn and raised enough In his own con
gregation to purchaso a rifle, a BIblo
and a hymn-book for every member of
the compnny, and these were carried
away when the 125 men marched out
of their home city toward tho West
They built the church soon after found
ing their colony, and called it after
their regiment, the Beecher Rifles. They
went to church carrying the rifles, and
stored them In the vestibule. Once they
were called upon to attack Indians nnd
Southerners while the service was In
progress. The preacher adjourned
until the skirmish was over and then
returned to his sermon. The church Is
perhaps the oldest In the State, and Is
cherished ns a reminder of a great mn
and of stirring times.
l ow a Town Is Populated.
Every town has a liar or two, a smart
Aleck, some pretty girls, more loafers
than It needs, a woman or two that
tattles, an old fogy that the town would
be better off without, men who stand
on the street corners and make re
marks about the women, a man who
laughs an idiotic laugh every time ho
says anything, scores of men with tha
caboose of their trousers worn smooth
as glass, men who can tell you about
how the war question should be set
tled, tho weather and bow to run other
people's business, but who have made
a dismal failure of their own. North
port News. i
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SWORD OP CHINA.
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