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ENTERPRISE OREGON.
"Ilriw i r.n snoring I- cured?" nk
cniuemjMirary. Laudanum.
A mar. s ingi-ijui:y .
con of half tin- tr.iitilr- i;
-n't get him
L-nfs bill. itl'O.
If we would see ourselves n others
rv u all oculist would have to wn-k
overtime.
1: i said that the czar is afflicted
with the b)ti.s. perhaps through fear
if the IiP!.
The hank at Monte Carlo serves to
show tiiHt a fool continues to he lom
(very minute
Even In the international perspective
the sioinh hat has become great or than
the crowned h ail.
The success of a hi.uk agent proves
that the truth isn't so mighty and
doesn't always prevail.
All the foreign nations are cuddling
up to us. That is all right. We are
friendly with all hut not too thick with
BIlT.
The average woman's husband sel
dom comes ui) to her ideal; the ideal
In most cases has to come down to the
husband.
Inn-tor Nichols list shows In several
places that if one can't buy his way
Into the 'real smart set" he may still
marry into It.
Now we know why the Sultan of
Turkey Is behind in his running ex
pns."T. He has been investing in a
diauioud-stu.Ided automobile
Cuba starts into self-government
with the comforting knowledge that
there is a soft place to fall if the ex
periment proves unsatisfactory.
Mrs. Astor is generally looked upon
as the supreme leader In American so
ciety. Hut she isn't happy. She''s a
grandmother, and all the world knows
It,
Bachelors need not point with pride
to one of th-ir number who died at
the age of lo-j. He might have lived
i year longer had he been a married
man.
It is announced now that the Kaiser
would like to come to the United States,
and that he can't come now, and that
he may come later. Welcome, anv time,
Willie:
Great men often boast of the time
when they worked for 'A cents a day
and their hoard, but no woman who is
up ever refers to the time when she was
somebody'B hired girl.
The Chicago Iiaily News says there
are 13".ii people on the earth who
do not know what soap is. There are
hundreds of small boys on whom the
knowledge has to be forced.
The younc man s life was saved by
a package of love letters which he car
ried in his pocket. The bullet which
was Intended for him struck the letters,
melted, and dropped harmlessly into
his left shoe.
A French nventor has produced a
new voting machine which is said to
ecure secrecy and accuracy. It may
be that In time enough safeguards can
be thrown around the ballot to keep
human nature absolutely honest. But
It is doubtful.
The gifts made during loi to about
one hundred and fifty institutions of
learning in this country aggregated
more than eighty-one million dollars.
It is a vast, impressive sum less, to be
sure, than the value of our corn or
wheat or cotton production, but likely
to raise an even more valuable crop. '
Although the neck of land which con
nects North and South America is far
from being a desirable place of resi
dence, politically it is one of the most
Important morsels of territory on the
globe. Next to being the first'to climb
the North Pole. Uncle Samuel craves no
greater boon than to build and manage
an isthmian canal, be It called Panama
or Nicaragua.
Judge Taft's reient report will go a
long wav toward settling the question
as to whether or not the climate of the
Philippines is healthy. He says that
for a tropical climate It is. The pres
ence of lepers, the apiearance of bu
bonic plague in .Manila and some other
places, and the fact that siimllpox pre
vails in some of the provinces he ad
mits; but careful medical Inspection
and stringent sanitary measures are re
ducing all these (lungers. The large
number of cases of insanity among
American soldiers, which has been re
ported in the paiers. Judge Taft says
frankly Is in no way the fault of the
climate, but is due solely to the drink
ing of vino, a native liquor which often
contains as much as seventeen per
cent of fusil oil. The use of this drink
has no been prohibited.
Municipal mismanagement seems to
reach a climax when jiolitieul consider
ations dictate appointment to oBices
requiring ter.-bnir.-al skill, those of city
engineers and el.-ctricians. for instance.
A change in political control in a cer
ta'f1 v Vi pit-v recently brought about
tV n- f an exl",rt fr0IU the pusi
1 ' long and efficiently held.
to snoilsmen hud their will;
accounts the new boss had
! rot hn sbl to find In h! own faction
! n m.'in who dared to take the plane. If
1 mi. I. incident ended by leaving on
in i o-r.!!ii bureau without a IipshI. the
i i:tiiiri..t; would be j,:li enough; but
t!ire j. :,!;, the greater danger that
aii ii,. oi:iri-tt'iit peron will be aptx:nt
ed j'.::.! t;.:it The te. htiir-.il nervine of the
city will l-ei-orup merely one of the eocn
, il tin- political machine. Yet surely It
ought to dear to the most hardened
partisan that tliere is -no polities in
science." j,i,d that aliillty should he the
only test fur appointment to and con
tinuance in positions that call for spe
cial training.
Wh.it the "rules of the game" are to
sports ami pastimes, the "rules of pro
cedure." or of parliamentary practice,
are j.. the deliberation of a legislative
1h!v. In any kind of contest strength
and zeal may go down in defeat lefore
sui.er.or skill In taking advantage of
the niies. It often happens in the
fierce political encounters In Congress.
A deliberative body must have rules,
even though in oi-ration they some
times seem to defeat the ends of legis
lation. The study always is to formu
late su.-h codes of parliamentary law
as v, ill be most nearly perfect in their
application. Tile House of Ilepresenta
tives at the beginning of a new Con
gress frequently has a vigorous discus
sion of the rules. This year there was
an attempt in the caucus of Republican
menders to secure certain modifica
tions of the old code, which was de
feated. Then the Democrats tried on
the floor to accomplish the same result,
but without success. The old code
stands. Upon the rules of any delibera
tive ImmIv depends the power of the
minority party, and especially the op
portunity of the individual member of
either majority or minority. In the
House the inemtrshlp iB so large that
little power of initiative Is left to the
individual member; the leaders of the
majority party, whichever it happens,
to be. hold the conduct of affairs in a
tirm grasp. The Senate, being a smaller
body, allows unlimited debate; minori
ty menitwrs art thus able sometimes to
accomplish by indirection what they
could not do on a square vote. Both
elements are needed In lawmaking
the firm hand of the majority, and de
ference to Individual rights. Inas
much as every measure must pass both
houses of Congress, a fair balance usu
ally, results.
When Americans are studying trade
fronts this country. Suicide is increas -
lug. A total of T.240 persons killed
themselves In the year recently closed.
The tieures are as near official as it is
possible to make them. Of this total
.N were males and l,3lr
females,
The causes are well worth studying
I lespondeiicy leads the list with ..!M
victims. Iiespotideney. in many cases,
is the penalty of ambition, and is a ,
species of insanity. It is closely asso
ciated with the growing business of a :
commercial nation. It touches the lives
of the men who would be rich and pow-',
erful and live at a rate of a mile a ;
minute. They neither eat. work nor j
sleep properly. They burn the candle
at both ends. Every year they want to
do more than they did last year. Many
can stand the pace for a considerable
length of time. Others can't. They
worry, they brood, and then they join
the "desixjiidency list." Because of do
mestic Infelicity there were 541 sui
cides. Liquor drove 439 to self-inflicted
deaths; business losses. 07; disappoint
ed love. 23; III health. 618; insanity,
074; unknown. 1,043. Mob law is al
ways bad law, and mob law Is increas
ing. In 1901 there were 118 legal exe
cutions, 13.") lynchings and 7.652 mur
ders lu the United States. Those are
bad figures. They show how much of
barbarism there Is in mankind. The
excuse of the average mob for murder
ing a murderer is that it desires to
ui.me justice sjieeuy ana sure. It re-
fuses to trust to the courts, with their I
technicalities and delays. It acts while !
passion is hot and tumultuous while !
(,.,. to, .....1 ,.111-1,,.. .1... ll..ln.
the neotde of this great tntion it is 'a' ',T "V"". of any other malady. The infectious priu
tin people oi mis treat u.mou, it is , anij women entered them, and U has MnU. ri.i i A: i . J , A
well to look at other statistics and re- j been discovered that the intelligent worn- j pocks Vnd in : the crusts reVultm from
siu&c- until o uiwuiriiiuuB uiuuirui viur an uianvs a wiser lliuintrT. a ueiier (WQ)r i
the desire for revenge still fills human 1 ' a i"U)kee allor" tells in his reminis
hearts. The remedies are education and i cence8- entitled "On Many Seas," the
courts that, bv their conduct are ! etor of h'8 Introduction to marine dis-
guarantee of Integrity. When the peo- i
pie know that Justice is sure and cer
tain, surely the infliction of the death
penalty will be left to the law. Self
restraint and slowness to anger should
be taught in every school In the laud. It
is a doctrine that should be instilled in
childish minds. If the feeling that
makes men stain their hands with
blood is to be educated out of human
beings. It will have tu start with the
children, and be so thoroughly im
pressed uikiii them that It will become
a part of their lives.
A lest.
"Yes," said the grizzled bachelor, "he
Is married. I don't remember her
name, and it doesn't matter much, but
she's got such a temper that when he
comes home a littli later than common
he softly opens the diwr and flings his
hat Insid. If it doesn't come flyinc i
out in three minutes he goes In; If it iiig the splash, looked to see what had
does, he slips off downtown and sta. j caused it. iJown he came on the main
all night. It costs him something en. ! deck, and nsked me wh hail thrn-n
tra for Hats, but saves considerable
wear and tear of his feelings. Oh. yes,'
he is married:" Philadelphia North
American.
Turkish Language.
The Turkish language is said by
scholars to be the softest and most
musical language of modem times, be
ing better adapted to the purpose of
musical notation and recitative than
even the Italian.
In a town of less than 5.CXrf people. It
will still be found that the proper
thing for dessert for a company tea !
Floating Island.
fads in Schools a Necessity.
Acquisition o f i
knnwi-.ife t the j
popular definition j
of education. The j
new education doe ;
Dot
ignore
the
value of knowledge i
by any means, but I
it doe shift the i
empha:. Our at- j
titude toward
choo! fads will be
determined by our i
definition of ednca- 1
tion. If the "three '
1. j arr tiiv iiiiet end of education, the
fa.ls are a waste of time. If education j
mental and spiritual power, as the bet
educator ar now saying, the fads are J
indispensable.
A child reared on arithmetic, old-fash-!
ioned geography and the ABC method ;
of education is apt to be mentally starv- '
ed and lean. I 'rawing, color work, "mud i
pies," music, manual training and cou-
structive work, however simple, seize the
innermost interest of the child.
That there are educational dangers
Trom fads is not denied. First, because
in the hands cf impulsive educational re- ! would le highly advantageous. I pre
formers the fad is likely to be overdone. ! 8Um" ,he employe at the penitentiary
tor an ideal system it requires ideal!
leacning. iiur normal school course
ought to be three or even four years,
stead of two. j
Children who must be at work at 12
years old have no time for fads. I-evel
the conditions up to the ideal standards I
or education. Any fight against fads
should be a fight, not for their abolition,
but for their proper modification and
for their increased effectiveness in public
education. p.. A. WHITE. D. D.
Progress of Women.
W e do not assume that all
women desire the ballot. All
women do not desire any one
good thing. There are some who
desire Ho good thing at all.
There are others who are not
seeking the very best in any re
' life. If we had waited for a
lutiou
majority of the women of our nation to
demand higher education, when do you
suppose the doors of our colleges would
have been opened to them?
Lore results have been predicted at ev-
V , L V
; n rst enjoyed higher education the cry
: went out that the home would be de
, maker and a much more desirable com-
! Pamoa. friend and wife than a woman !
I ;hose n';u"l horizon is narrowed by ;
' clrouu of emb'd and the min- j
i whpn eoeducatinn wa. .--t m.J
i thnnr h, w.i.i 11
honors, hut soon they learned their mis
" - v . u...... .i . . , lire
take. That experience gave to men a
better opinion of woman's intellectual
ability. The larger intellectual powers
of women and the greater financial inde
pendence of women have tended to ele
vate the home. There is nothing in lib
erty which can harm either man or wom
an; there is nothing in justice which can
work against the best gwd of humanity.
ANNA HOWAIU) SHAW.
Wo-k that Convicts Might Do.
The roads of the State need j ushered in with a chill, this "being follow
improving. I nder proper con- ! ed by high fever, great weakness, voniit-
uu.j un.rv.uun me convicts
cuuiu uo me worn, is there
any reason why they should not
be so employed .' The men must
be housed, fed and clothed, all
of
W. k "I" In0ney ,Ch mU8t 66
supplied by the taxpayers. Is there any
more effective way of making returns to
the taxpayers than in the permanent im
provement of the public roads?
FIRST LESSONS.
Tonng Bailor Forcibly Taught Econo
my and Hespect for Superior.
The first two lessons on board ship
are, perhaps, obedience and the learn-
' lag to keep things "shipshape." In ac-
con,l)U8t"nS latter task, there must
be no wu8te- Economy is as requisite
as order' A 'Titer wuo cailg himself
ciP1Ine- He sa's
My first Job was to scrub the brass
work about the wheel and screw-steering.
The steamer being new, there was
a deal of work to do about the rigging,
which had stretched all out of shape
on the passage from Fairhaven to New
York.
On this, my first day. they had been
setting up the lower rigging, and the
decks were very much littered, when
the mate ordered me to "sweep up."
First. I went round and gathered up
a handful of shakings," that is. odds
and ends of rope yarns, and with them
a brand-new piece of inch-and-a-half
nianllla roiie. about six or seven feet
long, which had been cut off for some
purpose. Supposing this to be of no
vulue where there was such an abund
ance of rope of all sorts, I carelessly
threw it overboard
The mate was on the nam and hear.
the piece of rojie overboard.
"1 did," said I; and then I got a lec
ture on economy so emphatic, and so
punctuated with abusive epithets, that
I have never forgotten It.
He told me I was the moat useless
fool he had ever come across, in a long
and varied career, and threatened to
throw me overboard after the rope.
When the squall was at Its height, the
captain came over the gangway.
"What's the matter, Mr. Johnson ?"
he asked.
"Oh. this hoy's made a good begin
ning!" was the scornful reply.
"Why, what has he doner
From the standpoint of the convict,
would it not be better morally and phy
sically to employ them out of doors than
within penitentiary walls, and in hardy
occupations rather than thou mora or
less sedentary? By dividing them into
squads of from ten to twenty men each
the danger of conspiracies and the evils
incident to wholesale and miscellaneous
herdins would be lessened.
In the absence of a legislative appro
priation providing for a system of State
roads, details of convicts might lie made
to counties under a lease system, the
counties bidding for the labor, as private
parties do now. It seems to me the plan
could be worked out in all details and
" opposed to this plan because it
would mean more hard work for them
ami increased responsibility, but if our
legislators and executive want to distin
guish themselves it seems to me that
here is a magnificent opportunitv.
F. BENJAMIN.
Prevalence of Smallpox.
That smallpox is
alarmingly preva- j
lent iu many States
must be evident to
all who read the
newspapers. Sta
tistics show that
during the year
1H01 the number
of cases in the mid
dle West increased
over '.h.i per cent,
the plague becom
ing more widely
spread than at any
time since the great
; seven years' pandemic of 1STJ to
Little is known of the first cause of
j this malignant disease, but nowadays it
occurs only by the infection being con-
j veyed from one person to another. Small-
pox contagion exceeds in virulence that
thsIP (imirvoflttnn an.l i.e-An 1.1..
tainej in aI1 the nmd of tu dv '
over, it pervades the emanations from the
person, so it may be contracted without
,Ptual C0Dtact witn tUe 0Qp iufecte,,
T.h.e,Tla,.i.le "ntaglnrp may extend to a
: US"K""! "ance. it having been
I known to cross a stream of water, nearly
half a mile wide, and when attached to
articles of clothing, merchandise, paper
money, etc.. it is very energetic and per
sistent. The disease is probably more in
tensely contagious during the' vesicular
stage of eruption, but it is communicable
at all periods of its course. It may also
be carried from one person to another
without the person who carries it himself
suffering from an attack.
The period of incubation is usually thir
teen days, although in rare cases the
time ni.iv lie shorter Tlla
, ing. severe headache and
pain in the
. back
Then the little ruH ur, .
; pears, first upon the face and head and
j a few hours later upon the body
Much ..wall,! mn.. u
at and doubtless many persons sho
ing various similar symptoms have been
needlessly exposed to contagion by being
hurried away to isolation hospitals by
Ignorant health authorities. Smallpox is
"Only thrown half a coll of new rope
overboard so far. I don't know what
he'll do before he gets the decks cleared
up."
"I did not," said I, coming forward.
"I only threw over a little piece. I
didn't suppose It was good for any
thing, or I wouldn't have done It."
The mate looked daggers at me. and
the captain said, so sternly that I never
forgot It:
"Let me tell you something, boy.
Never contradict an officer; never speak
uuless you are spoken to. and always
say 'sir' to your superiors or you'll get
Into trouble."
Those were my lessons two In one
day.
THE OLDEST IRONMASTER.
Christopher Zur, One of Pittsburg's
Kemarkable Citizens.
Had Christ ipher Zug. the oldest Iron
manufacturer in the United States, not
been stricken with blindness four years
ago. It is believed
that h e would
have rounded the
century mark. As
it was, he died re
cently, at the age
of 95. His son,
now 70. continues
their business,
which is one of the
niost prosperous in
the vlcluity of
Pittsburg.
Zug was an eccen
CllliJSTOl'HKB ZUG.
tric individual. Born on a farm, he
located In Pittsburg in early youth
and drove an expressman's cart on the
national pike. In 1840 he formed a
partnership with some other Pittsburg
er and engaged In the iron business
the pioneer of that Industry which has
given the Smoky City Its great wealth
and population. The plant Is still in
operation, having earned a fortune for
several persons beside Zug. The lat
ter was proud of the fact that his com
pany never Joined a combine. Though
he hnd for twenty years been out of
active business, not a move was made
by his concern without his advice and
'MM-
-
a MTivn-.i-rpit rare disease, ani in tin
ordinary ciur of hi. medical practice
- ..i....: ; v..,u.t.l er.
urn our ii.s.ciau iu a "
come in contact with a genuine case.
Thi, bem, true, whatever the arera name b-t
doctor maT know regardinc this dread . '
nialadT has been learned from book. orT mother! New Testament as a me
imparted by some medical college instrue-1 uiorlal of the rescue. X'-'-as all. The'
tor who himself, perhaps, has no kno.vl- j circumstances werj"' -..unry. A tnou
edge gained from actual experience inland such may occur every year. Psy.
its treatment. Under such circumstances j tuologically. however, there are points
it is not surprising that mistakes in diag- , pf interest which arise principally from
Dosis are frequent. Even health officials : act tnat J rtnjember all that Q
in lare cities who see cases of the d.s- ! of
ease frequently, ire at times unable m . , ' . ,
It. incipiencv or earlv stages to distin- i may have been four or five minutes,
guish it from measles' or from the erup- j but which appeared to be as many
tion that often occurs as a result of large : hours.
and repeated doses of medicines that are j Almost Immediately I entered the
sometimes taken by persons without the
knowledge of the physician.
That smallpox is a loathsome disease
all admit, aud that vaccination is almost
1, .1
a certain preventive is verv generally ad-
mined by medical men and medical an-
thorities. To be sure, not every one who
has been vaccinated is immune, neither is
every one who has had an attack of the
disease. Tb writer personally knew a
gentleman who died from smallpox who
had been twice severely atHieted with the
disease, and who was very badly scarred
from the previous attacks.
The fact remains, however, that vacci
nation will prevent contagion in nearly
every case, and when smallpox occurs
after successful vaccination it is much
less severe and the death rate is propor-
tionately diminished. From proper vac-
I n.nar i-lh 1 iKl- ri.... nKln r
danger is likely to arise: then it would
seem to be the duty of every oiie to be
successfully vaccinated.
E. C. SWEET. M. D.
u . . .. .
"hat Makes a C,ty eat
The truly great
city is the city of
great men, for that
means great capac
ity in all directions.
That city must be
the truly greater
city greater in the
sense of better
which possesses the !
best men.
Where
men are of the
highest type of
manhood, morally, intellectually and phy-
sically, the institutions which they make
and manage come most naturally to be
the greatest of their kind, and the city
of which they are a part is great because
of them.
Next to men I should place means. All
the men in the world could build neither
a good nor a great city without money.
It is the power for good or bad. In the
hands of truly great men, of honest men,
the results that may be obtained to the
goodness and greatness of a modern city
are almost beyond conception.
Because of the influence of money, the
status of a city's financial institutions
is of grave importance in estimating its
claim to true greatness. The high stand
ing of its banks, and the integrity of its
trust companies, are not only important,
they are absolutely necessary. The great
est financial institutions of a country
center in the cities where money circu
lates most freely, and estublish there the
money markets of the world.
Perhaps the first feature that makes a
city really great iu the eyes of the world
is iu population. But numbers, however
large, can never make a city truly great.
The manner in which the people are gov
erned is much more important; and great
men are the true foundation stones of
all great cities. Through them come
high religious ideals, and institutions of
true learning and broad charity; and
through them is good government obtain
ed. The greater and better the men th
greater and better the city
r- . , , THOMAS C.'PLATT.
Lnlted States Senator from New York
cooperation and in his last years be
was frequently driven to his office to
confer with hi. partners. To the last
bis health was remarkable. At 88 be
could mount the most spirited horse In
Pittsburg and ride four miles
It was said that Mr. Zug was the bug
bear 0f some ot lne
Pittsburg. He hadn't a spark of mal
ice in his composition, but he did have
a habit of chuckling when the social
doings of ,eopIe were referred to in Ins
hearing, and an account in his presence
of the pretensions of this famllv or
that was as likely as not to be com
mented on by blm with a reference
the time when the head of the faml y
drove a wagon on the national pTke or
Shipped up a mule on the can? to"
path or worked in ,m. .,,. ?' t0W
eanaeirv "umuie
7
Caustic Politeness,
certain society woman
who hnd
luheu onense at H
arrv I oK -
t
rivial ground un,l,.r , , 8.ome
..ortunity. . tQen
anxious to help you along, yoU know "
ca.m.r 88 laSt?" WW Xr.
"If you please."
The Squire of Haines turned t . i
-dollar nlnerT.fi-o 'c "wen "my
Times.
York
Tongue and Ta
The tongue is divide i... '
ste.
gions of taste. ,. a"""" lnree
re-
tastes, the middle portloD 0 T f8C"1
bitters, while the i.,.t- . 66,8 or
the flavors of 08 nl ' T1" ,0
and rich .,., D,ea,s- butter, oils
and rich and fatty substa'n
ces.
Men Iye More than
' umen.
lork druggist ani.t
that .r,i... ,l8t 81,1(1 recentlv
Udy.Va Zchatr
than wojrln. fcreater nxUut
HOW IT FEELS TO DROWN.
anvtbinif but "Pleasant," tv Says Oat
Who Came Near It.
Drowning is a pleasant death" is a
remark constantly made by those who
aever gulled down salt water Into the
jelicate tissues of their luugs. I was
i i.athiug in rough awr on the beach of
!, waierim: nlace in Northern France
jiwf pt out to sea. I struggled, sank, be-'
, . ... . i ..
-3 me lUSCUSl Ule. BUU WIM SUYCU l' lui
, f oiiQn. i.vi,..i
, WHter, the much resounding roar of the
w.aves 8truck me as desolatlug and sor-
j ri,.fll,fllll nf for,,hodimrs and terror
i , , ... . , ,,,.,.. .
Ashamed of this fancy, I lustlnctivelv
! " .
lut foolishly, fought my way seaward
j aud was promptly out of my depth; not
j because I Intended to run any risk, for
1 could not swim, but because
ji couiu uoi bHiiu, uut uwaum; ine
strong current nau scoopea out a hoi
low In the sandy bottom, which bad six
feet of water ou the top of It Tumbled
over by the waves, the concentrated
agony of the moment when the water
closed over my bend for the first time
cannot be described.
It was the bitterest point of the strug.
gle. Cruel and omnipotent force, witli-
I out warDjne or reason, surrounded m.
and my frantic and determined efforts
to escape only incensed the pent-up
passion to cease holding my breath and
to Inhale once more. I felt Instinctively,
as I writhed in the cold, black water,
that if once I succumbed to the tempta
tion to expel my breuth, which almost
burst the ribs in my angry efTorts to
retain it, the end would come; that I
should be compelled to breathe inward
while covered wlih the pressing salt
water. At this time I must have given
way and the dreaded stream of air
bubbles rose to the surface.
A few weeks before I had watched
! ,lle drowning of a cat in the clear water
of a runulng stream. The animal was
tethered to a stone, and had fought
j with upturned face for liberty. When
the bubbles rose in hIIvm- fountain
j ,he wrnerg of ,u h ,t
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current, turned over, aud after one final
struggle gave up the ghost. This scene
came vividly before me. I thought of
this wretched cat, and wag half amused
to think that my case was the case of
the cat. There was no fear. The actual
circumstance filled my attention, and
i the piteous louginp to escape became
subordinated to the feeling of intoler
able pain. Eyes, chest, limbs were all
one solid pain.
Just then I touched the sandy bottom
with my lingers and knees, and hastily
snatched a handful of sand and water
to thrust in my mouth to end this strug
gle for air. All I wanted was to end
the pain. No thought of death, except
as an Interesting and immaterial factor
In the situation, came over me. It is
true that I remembered that I should
be missed when dinner time came, and
I was found missing aud thinking of
the home people. I thought of a blue
tie I had left on a chest of drawers in
my bedroom, which I had Intended to
put on. Then, suddenly, I found my
eye above water for a second, and I
saw two blurred fingers near. On this I
sank again, and was conscious -f relax
ing effort and sinking out of a con
scious state to one In which one dream
ed without knowledge what the dreams
were.
From this I awoke in great pain lu
the center of a crowd on the beach,
whither my rescuer had borne me. My
first thought was one of Infinite anr
unreasoning shame, hut the nausa
caused by swallowing so much sat
water gulckly brought me back to earth
again.
A Very Big Boy.
A lady from the country, who recent
ly had occasion to send to town or a
suit of hoy s clothes, took the meisure
ments herself. She received tie fol
lowing reply:
"Dear Madam: Your favor received,
but we regret to say that we have no
clothes such as you want, and we doubt
if they can be found outside a museum
with a fat hoy. Fifty-four inches round
the chest, twenty-four round the neck,
and sixty round the waist u wttu nut
of our line. Possibly you might squeeze
the boy don a little, but this would
hardly be advisable, for. as you say,
he Is only rj, and the chanrjes are that
he would grow with all yog might do.
e should advise you to tnk the youth
to some wholesale tailoting establish
ment. A boy with arris sixty-three
inches long and legs June six feet to an
Inch is a little beyond :he capabilities
of this establishment though we study
to please."
The lady has since learned that she
used the wrong side of the tape ineas
ure Pearson's Weekly.
Modern TtiinRs In Old Manila.
There is a central electric lighting
station In Manila which supplies cur
rent for l.ooo incandescent and 200 arc
lamps. There are about 720 miles of tel
egraph tu the island and 70 miles of
steam railways. Maulla has also a tele
Phone system. The conductors are all
overhead lines carried on poles with
porcelain Insulators
Cause for Congratulation.
rirniumer-Any mall for me-Jobn H.
Klawback?
Ittyville Postmaster None!
s ummer-Good! The firm hnsn'l
reu me yet '-Puck.
rtv . ' '
J-ue almighty dollar covers a mulU-
ue or queer transactions.