THE ONE WHO HAS A SONG.
iwIoodnler W 11 oinB t0 storm,
...i sure to bave awful weath-
r-
3'' !l thriu tni'pthpr
J;.,; VQ lf I"3 l -jf
With lae giomn
i"i..i l.: tlif snn is shining.
fat ci..n.lmnker tells as the world Is
wrong.
in(j is lu'titnl in au evil fetter.
pit u- blue-sky man comes winging a
son;
(If h"!'' that shall make it better;
.l the toilers. Iieurins his voice, behold
n,- MiL-n of a glad to-iuorrow.
hVhoe tuls are heaped with the purest
gil.l
Of whi -h each heart may borrow.
-Sixon V:iterman in Success.
A CONDITION.
i HKX I'm a grown-up man, as
bit; us father, I shall marry
von, announced ltoger, with
Lll the assurance of 12 years.
.uirimiw 1 slian t want to marrv
'tou." sniil Marcella, who, although two
iwrs youuger than her would-be hus
oand, saw uo reason why she should
not have some choice In the matter.
Perhaps I shall marry Dicky Clair,"
"0. EHa. you promised me:"
i ran chance my mind If I like.' re
torted this true daughter of Eve; "and
tou must loarn to do lots of things
that Dicky can do if you want me to
choose you Instead of him."
"What sort of things?" asked Roger,
anxiously.
"Well, whistle tunes, for one thins.
for dolly and me to dance to, and cut
faces out of corks, and and O, heaps
of thiugs."
"I enn whistle." said the bov. "I.is-
Mir atid a faint piping came from his
lips.
"Pooh!" snubbed Marcella, "that's
milling. Whistle proer tunes loudly,
PERHAPS I shan't vast TO MAURY
yor.
I mean; anil, anyhow, even If you can
whistle, I shall only marry some one
who Is awfully rich and who I love
awfully, so there."
"Miss Mnrcnlhi " cnll.nl nurse, "come
along quickly; we must take this turn
ing. Xow, say good-by to Master ilog-
at once."
But Itotrer tnrnort nn-nr. He would
not let his lady love see how much he
minded having his matrimonial plaus
utterly disorganized, even If not alto
spther destroyed.
"It is tiresome that that young fal
coner should be coming home Just
now," said Mrs. Estart, In an aggriev
ed tone.
"Why, my dear?" asked her husband.
He was accustomed to his wife's griev
ances and rarely noticed them; but he
did not understand why she should
mind the son of his old friend and
neighbor, Falconer, being on the way
home.
"0, you men are so dense!" replied
the lady, sharply. "Why? Because
of Marcella, of course. Here she is,
25. not married, and evidently not
wanting to be. Here Is Mr. Peuder
ton, rich, desirable in every way rath
er old, perhaps, but that Is no draw
backmadly In love with her, and no
other man near to try to supersede
llm.
"Xow, we hear this young Falconer
! coming back. He Is about Marcella's
K. I have heard he Is good looking,
ad he Is probably as poor as a mouse.
Who knows what complications may
Use, especially as Marcella has such
extraordinary Ideas? Of course, they
haven't met for years not since they
ere children, in fact and I shall try
o pre -eut their seeing much of each
at any rate till Marcella's en
SKeuiut to Peuderton Is un fait ac
compli "
"Do speak English, dear." was all
J'f- Es.art replied to his wife's speech,
al she snapped her Hps together aad
left him.
John Penderton was 57, but he was
JJea. and Mrs. Estart, Into whose mind
the question of love never entered, saw
o reason why her daughter should not
ffiarry hiru.
We are as poor as we can be, Mar
cella," she said, over and over again,
ud as Mr. Penderton is so anxious
" marry you. It Is only your duty to
nsent"
But Marcella, with the optimism of
uth, thpught that there were other
""ogs than money worth considering,
Peclally as she must take it with a
Waded, painted, bewigged wreck of
"hat had once been a handsome, plens-"re-lovlng
mau. Three times he had
Prosed to her and been refused, but,
Mcked by Mrs. Estart and his $150.iHW
year, be did not despair. He was
their
nearest-ln fact, their only-uc-
t- 7
S3
1 1 I
'i i rt , -fjjK.'--iA t r
A Plea for Good Work.
What the nverajre amateur photogra
pher needs is a higher aim. the deter
mination to do. not good work but the
best work of which be is capable with
the materials at his command. In.this
as in other walks of life, the old saying
is true: "If a thing Is worth dying at
nil It Is worth doing well;" and, again.
"Whatsoever thy hand fintleth to do, do
It with tby might" Xo happy-go-lucky,
hlt-or-mlss man will succeed in
photography, and If the reader does not
want to be one of that kind he should
never be satisfied even with his best
work; and should never rest If he
makes a failure, till he finds out the
cause. In a word, he should be his own
severest critic. I have a friend who
has done what others think excellent
work, but who says he never made a
picture yet that he did not think might
have been better. This the first hint
for doing really good work. Here are
some more.
Never take many plates with you
when going out for a stroll with your
camera. Two or three pictures are full
occupation for an afternoon's Jaunt.
Sometimes one will be ample, or even
too much.
In landscape work never make an ex
posure on a view unless you have made
up your mind that It is presented under
the best possible conditions. Perhaps
it would look better by morning light,
or the sunshine may be too strong to
give a correct lighting of the shodaws.
Again, the distance is too clear, or the
wind Is moving the trees too much.
Whatever may be the matter with an
otherwise perfect picture, make an en
try in your uote book rather than ex
pose a plate. Put down the locality.
the time of day when It should be ta
ken, and other memorauda that may be
useful, and then you will have a treat
In store. But perhaps you will not be
able to go there again. Never mind, a
pleasant memory is better than a make
shift picture any day.
When you have made your exposure,
landscape, portrait or what not, make
quaintance in the lonely country place
where they lived, and Mrs. Estart
viewed with dismay the advent of a
younger nnd better, though poorer, pos
sible rival. f
,J .
Roger Falconer had been at homo for
three months, and had seen, in spite of
her mother's precautious, a great deal
of Marcella Estart. He could uot help
remarking the anxiety of Mrs. Estart
and John Peuderton to attain their
end, and it was only natural that with
the childish friendship to fall back up
on, and dislike at seeing a girl urged
against her will -to marry a mau old
enough to be her father, he should be
come whnt Mrs. Estart called "unde
sirably fwriendly" with Marcella.
And then one day, when things came
te a, point, when Penderton proposed
for a' fourth time and was refused, and
Mrs. Estart emptied the vials of her
wrath and disappointment on her
daughter's head, Roger asked Marcella
to marry him.
"I know I'm not as rich as that old
fellow," he said, "but I've enough for
two people, and I love you, Marcella.
I'm nlmost afraid to tell you, for I've
never forgotten, when we were chil
dren and played In the wood, how you
snubbed me one day and said you
wouldn't marry any one who couldn't
whistle better than Dicky Blair. I can
fulfill that condition. I think, but not
the other of being 'awfully rich.' "
Marcella smiled.
"What a horribly avaricious child 1
must bave been!" she said. "But the
little girl In the wood had yet a third
condition. Don't you remember? She
taid she would only marry some oue
she "
The man looked at her eagerly.
"Loved awfully." she finished, and
Roger knew that Mr. Penderton would
never have another chance. Chicago
Tribune.
FAMILY LIVES ON HALF DOLLAR.
Household of Tyrolese Wood CarveA
Kara No More than That a Week.
Probably If the' hosts of American
tourists who visit the Tyrol every year
and invest largely in the beautiful
wood carvings for which the country
is famous knew about the sweatshop
methods by which they are produced
their delight over the cheapness of the
orunmeuts would change to wrath. '
The carvings are, of course, made by
the Tyrolean peasants, but It Is doubt
ful If even io'Austria it has been real
ized under what grind lug conditions
the Industry Is carried on. A report
which bus Just been made by an offi
cial of the Austrian ministry of the in
terior, however, points to an ugly state
of things.
The wood carving gives employment
to several thousands of peasants,
though the amount that an entire fam
ily cau make at It In the course of a
week Is only about 00 cents. Even
large families, made up of rapid work
rrs can not mannge to make more
than 75 touts a week. .Their shops are
their own huts, which are small nnd
badly HBbied nnd ventilated They
generally bepu wo; early In the
entry against It of the lighting. lime of
day. amount of exposure, etc.. and nlso.
If you are an export at developing,
make a uote of what kind of develop
ment you think will best suit the sub
ject. Don't forget too. to have your
slides, numbered, and make a note of
the number as part of your entry. Then
you won't be developing an ample ex
posure when you think you bave a
snapshot In the tray.
Don't make more negatives than you
can finish up comfortably. If you have
plenty on hand yet want a walk
through the woods and fields go with
out your camera, but don't forget to
take your note-book.
As to your prints, don't be satisfied
with one kind of paper for all sorts of
negatives. Some will look better print
ed on the despised blue-print paper.
Others will look better in the rich
brown tones of the glossy solio. I have
a picture of roses and carnations. They
look more alive and natural on this pa
per than on any other; yet as a rule I
don't like P. O. P. Others, especially
bold negatives, will give better results
on Eastman's Sepia than on anything
else; and so on. It Is a good Idea in
many cases to keep in mind the paper
you think will best suit the subject at
the time you are developing. You can
then make the negative bold or soft,
thin or dense as will best suit the cir
cumstances. There are lots of hints along the same
lines that might be given, but they
must be kept for another time. But
whatever you do In photography do the
best that lies In you or throw your
camera on the scrap heap and start on
something else.
Get some good wood and nail the
pieces together, making a tray the size
you wish. Then take some oil table
cloth, and fasten to the tops and sides
by means of tacks. This kind of tray
fully answers the purpose of the more
expensive trays for washing, ironing
and fixing prints.
morning and toll away until late at
night.
When the child of a Tyrolean peas
ant family is 0 years old It Is thought
strong euough to do several hours'
work every day. and when it Is 10 is
expected to work for twelve hours.
The poorest families, parents and
children alike, rise almost before the
sun is up. and, sitting down to work,
go on all through the day and half
through the night, and sometimes none
of tlu'in gets more than two or three
hours' rest before they are .obliged to
begiu again.
Of course the children often fall
asleep and all sorts of means are taken
to prevent them from doing so, but
when a child does hopelessly doze off,
it is put to bed with its clothes on and
with its carving tools still In Its hands.
The result of such practices as these
Is manifesting Itself In a steady de
generation among the Tyrolean peas
antry. They are becoming stunted In
growth and the death rate among them
Is particularly high. On the other
hand, the dealers who act as middle
men between the peasants and the
travelers who buy the carvings are
making money, hand over fist
Conductor Was Obliging.
Busily buzzing along iu one direction
came a Madison avenue car and when
from another direction, borne on the
breeze, came a 6oft black hat there was
a collision.
"Hey. there!" yelled the owner of the
hat. The conductor rang the bell and
the car stopped. '
After much backing and going for
ward, while the passengers alternately
chafed and sympathized and a crowd
gathered on the sidewalk the bat, now
crushed, muddy and lacking all Its pris
tine gayety, was rescued. The owner
of It turned It around and around and
then solemnly banded It back to the
conductor.
"Why don't you sue the company?"
suggested a red faced man on the plat
form. "Dey vouldil't bay noddlngs," said a
fat passenger.
"Well," said the conductor, and with
the hat still In bis band be pulled the
bell cord and the car went on.
The owner of the bat said not a word,
but stood by the side of the track, says
the New York Mail and Express! and
blankly watched the car till It disap
peared. Then he lookjed up at the windy
sky and went away.
Making the Most or It.
"That diplomy Is a big one," said
the old man, "an' cost a sight o' hard
earned money; but 'long as you've
done got it, we might's well utilize it
fer all It's wuth. Take It back to 'm,
Bill, to the college, an' ax 'em to paint
In the left-han' corner that I do black
smltbin' cheap fer caah, an' they ain't
none kin beat me shoein' of a Ueorgy
mule, ef I does say It myself!" At
lanta Constitution.
Forest of the Nation.
Thee national forests reserved In the
United States aggregate In area nearly
47.000.000 acres.
REVERE'S HOUSE FALLING INTQ DECAY.
Taul Revere' bouse In Boston, Mass..
Is sadly in ned of repair. The ravages
of time are visible to even the most
casual observer, and unless something
Is done speedily to preserve it those
who value It as a relic of Revolution
ary times will soon see the last of it.
.The house was probably 100 years
old when Revere purchased It, some
years prior to the Revolution, and was
In its palmy days oue of the very best
of Its class.
Just now the ancient house Is unoc
cupied, save for a store upon the
ground floor, but its interior has re
cently undergone tjuite a remarkable
transformation with a view to render
ing it attractive for light housekeeping
among the Italians, who are most like
ly to rcoccupy It. The little stuffy store
in which Paul Revere could never rec
ognize to-day his once cozy parlor is
now' devoted to the sale of Itlnln gro
ceries, a stock of edibles, strange to
the eye of an American, occupying
about all the space save what would
allow three or four persons to turn
around in. One might visit the place
every day for a month and never hear
a word of English spoken, either by the
proprietor or his patrons.
The ancient kitchen In the rear of the
store was long since subdivided into
various apartments, one of which Is a
bedroom; another, containing the old
fireplace, being now merely a deposi
tory for barrels of rubbish. Nobody
now knows anything almut It, but It is
probable that the second and third
floors bear little resemblance to-day to
what they did In Revere't time, for he
moved awny about lTOo, and since then
the house has been devoted to a variety
of uses.
The earliest changes were probably
made half a century ago. when .e
house was a popular boarding place for
Cape Cod sea captains, nnd no doubt
LAST OF THE CAR1BS.
SOUFRIERE'S ERUPTION HAS EX
TERMINATED THE RACE.
Once Powerful Tribe of Indiana Which
Gave War to Enropean Civilization
-Their Destruction the Fulfillment
of an Ancient Prophecy.
The recent volcanic upheavals In the
West Indies, the horrors of whose re
sults are hjirdly conceivable, bave done
more than convert rich lands Into beds
of burning lava, populous districts Into
desolate wastes and send some 40,000
souls Into eternity. Through the agency
of their all-powerful onslaughts, a race
of people has become extinct The last
remnant of the Caribs, who once held
sway over the greater part of the West
Indies, has been wiped from the face
of the earth.
In a -KtiiH 11 valley near the slopes of
trie volcano Soufrlere. on the Island of
St. Vincent, dwelt the lust little limn!
of Caribs. While St. Pierre was yet
writhing in agony, Sufriere belched
forth its fiery wrath and the lives of
yie entire colony In the valley were cut
short in the twinkling of an eye.
The Caribs were once a powerful and
numerous race of aboriginal, red In
dians, Inhabiting the north coast of
South America and the nearby Islands.
They were a fierce and war-like race,
relentless and cruel In battle and were
almost continually at war with the lens
uggresslve tribes of the nelghlorlng
Islands. They were a well-built and
muscular people, expert In the use of
the bow and arrow, and skilled In wa
tercraft They cruised about the waters
of the Caribbean Sea In long, light
boats, capable of carrying fifty men,
and succeeded in establishing them
selves on nearly every island of the
Antilles. -
The Caribs were addicted to canni
balism. In fact the word "cannibal"
seems to have been a corrupt derivation
of "carlb." They uot only ate human
flesh to appease hunger, but bad a pe
culiar custom of drying the limbs of
distinguished enemies whom they bad
killed In battle, and of preserving them
to be passed around for eutlng at spe
cial occasions as a sort of ceremony. In
their wild state they saw no necessity
for clothes and consequently were In
variably nearly naked. Their form of
religion, in common with many of the
nations in South and Central America,
was one of fire worship.
When the French, Spanish and En
glish conquered and occupied tbe An
tilles they tried to enslave the Caribs.
This they found Impossible of accom
plishment so they began the other
1mm
A CAB1D CIIIKF.
s
mVKliK IIOISK AS IT WAS.
had a good, substantial. If plain, table.
iu order to satisfy the appetites of such '
a respectable and healthy set of pit- I
trotis.
On the second floor front are two
rooms, evidently once the best cham
bers. In tile rear are three more rooms,
one of which contained a small closed
fireplace. I'nless the house originally
bad more chimneys than at present the
front chanilers uiusPhave been without
mentis of heating.
Opening Into the best front chamber
Is quite a remarkable old-fashioned
door, apparently the only ine In the
house that has survived from Revere's
day. It Is nearly two Inches In thickness
and Is heavily paneled with quite elab
orate molding. Although broken, tlu
original old wrought Iron binges still
remain.
There was one occasion when Re
vere's house was the nensatton of the '
town, and that was on the night of
March 5, 1771, the first anniversary of
the Boston massacre, when Revere
gave a sort of memorial illumination
quite characteristic of him. The Im
portance with which It was regarded
by the public Is shown by the publica
tion of a detailed description of It In
the local papers, an extraordinary thing
iu those days of provincial journalism.
method, extermination. Gradually the
Caribs yielded before the superior races
and In one Island after another they
disappeared.
Inning the years when the Huro
IHuns were struggling to place It In
subjection, the Cnrib race was under
going constant changes. . Intermarry
ing with fugitive black slaves and al
lowing a Jargon mixture of the French,
English mid Spanish languages to creep
in among them, they steadily lost much
of their former originality.
Finally, nfter long and bloody con
tentious In which savage cunning ami
primitive weaKins endeavored to cope
with the white man's gunpowder and
strategy, the Curlbs, reduced to a mere
handful, disappeared save In their lust
stronghold, the Island of St. Vincent
This island the Spaniards had not
deemed worth the cost of conquest, and
the English, when they took possession,
gave Ihe Caribs a small reservation in
the mountains. Here they were allowed
to live unmolested, In a state of semi
savage Independence.
For many years these people formed
the most Interesting part of the popu
lation of St. Vincent. Their homes were
little huts of primitive construction and
their custom anil appearance retained
many traits of their previous wllilness.
The white man had prevailed upon
them, however, to don wearing npparel
to some extent and they had learned to
occupy themselves with small farming
and fruit growing. Their principal oc
cupation was basket-inukliig, nt which
they were marvelously proficient. One
of their products In this line was a
basket whose strands were so skillfully
woven that It could be used us a recep
tacle for water.
These Caribs of St. Vincent, although
known as black Curlbs, owing to their
mixture with the negroes, were nearer
the original type than any other le
sceiidants of Ihe race. In Honduras
there Is a brunch of the tribe, but so de
generate Is It that It is scarcely recog
nizable. It is said that an early prophet of
these people gave voice to a prediction
that the race would one day be de
stroyed by the fire-god whom they wor-
j shiped. Surely, In the torrent of death
that flowed from the fiery mouth of
Soufrlere, this prophecy was most um
I ply fulfilled.
Fond of Htnoklng.
Smoking in church Is a Dutch custom.
Dutchmen are such Inveterate smokers
that one of them Is. rarely seen without
his pipe. lie finds himself unable to
deprive himself of the Indulgence even
for the short period of a church ser
vice. A similar practice exists In sev
eral churches In South America. Smok
ing In churches In Great Britain Is said
to have been prevalent at the end of
the sixteenth and the beginning of the
seventeenth ceutury. At one time smok
ing was carried to such an excess In Se
ville Cathedral that the Chapter ap
plied to the Pope for power to repress
the abuse. Urban VIII.. yielding to
their wish, Issued a bull, which was
promulgated Jan. 30, 1042. In Wales
smoking In church was Indulged In as
late as ISM. In one church the com
munion table stood In the aisle, and the
farmers were In the babit of putting
their hats upon It and wben the service
began they lighted their pipes and
smoked, without any thought of Irrevr
erence In the act
Different.
Cholly May Gabble tells me you said
Gussle Gayboy and I would never find
any girls to marry us because, we are
too fastidious.
Miss Pepprey There was a slight
misunderstanding there. I said you
were 'two fast Idiots.' "Philadelphia
Press.
It Is not related that Job's friends
told him bow much be bad to be thank
ful foe.
HORRIBLE TRADE IN JAPAN
Woman Traffics In Heads of tha !
fur Medicinal Purposes,
The Japanese Government for many
years Ims been trying to stamp out
most barbaric custom among Its sub
jects of the lower classes, handed down
for centurles-that of using the beads
of dead bodies for medicinal purposes,
says the San Francisco Bulletin. A few
days before the steamship Coptic sailed
from Yokohama a family was arrested
for carrying on the grewsome trade.
The heads were either charred over a
fire and thus sold, or ground into pow
der. The powder thus obtained Is sold
under the disguised names of Tensekl.
Tengul or HenJIrishl, according to Its
form. It Is formally announced that
these beads are the charred bends of
stags and no one but the druggist or
bis chief assistant Is supinised to know
the real facts.
Tbe police have now succeeded, how
ever. In tracing the persons who pro
cure these heads, and the wife of a man
named Hanumoto Kuklchl, residing at
Mppoiibasliisuji. Higashl, Osaka, and
her eldest son were arrested on Feb. 10
ns tbe result of a search of their house.
The man hail been suffering from lep
rosy for three years. A human head,
quite Intact, was found In the dwell
ing. This one had already been charred,
but two more were discovered burled
In the ground, being seemingly too old
for disposal. Besides the beads, a con
siderable number of snakes, some
measuring over five feet In length, were
found In tubs, and also a number of
tortoise ami hundreds of live bullfrog.
These were also for charring and sell
ing as medicine.
The woman, upon examination, at
first stated that she found the head In
a pond near Sukul. 1'pon being taken
to the pond, however, sho confessed
that she got the bead from a cemetery
at Sumliioycmitra, Nlshlnnrl-guii, Osa
ka. From her statement It appears she
was in the habit of going to the ceme
tery to catch snakes, of which a great
number abound there, and thus tnado
the nctiiinlutanco of the watchman.
Together they devised n plan for se
curing 'the heads of people burled In
Ihe cemetery. This outrage. It appears,
has been going on for years, but bus
only now come to light.
GERMAN AND AMERICAN TOILER.
Conditions Are Widely Different In ths)
Two Countries.
In Germany It may be said that tbe
tendency Is to make better workmen;
In America and England the tendency
Is to make better men. The Anglo-Saxon
policy is to "cast the bantling on tba
rock" and let hi in work out his own
salvation through temptation. In Ger
many the policy Is quite the reverse;
Ihe workman is protected from dis
ciplining temptation and ruled Iu a
thousand ways by the gowrumeut In
stead of being allowed to rule himself.
American discipline Is from within.
Germun from without.
The Germun workman Is without
hope even Iu religion, for it Is rare that
a German' workman Is ever seen In
church lifter continuation; there is lit
tle or no chance for him to rise; he 1 asj
before him no possible career In I Mill-
lies, nor any hope of becoming a Car
negie or a Huntington, (uscqiiently
he is without iimbltlou to do his work
faster or by better methods; he Is con
lent to do what his father did, without
thinking, though the ull-socing govern
ment is making herculean efforts
through Its scores of technical and In
dustrial schools the best In tho world
to stir him from his stolid and precedent-bound
lethargy.
The German workman is slow, says
the Outlook, therefore his wages are
small. It is less expensive in Germany
to hire muscle than It Is to Install ex
pensive machinery. Therefore In all
sorts of German manufacturing estab
lishments one sees clouds of workmen
bending their backs to burdens which.
America nre borne swiftly, noiselessly'
and more cheaply by electricity or '
steam.
Morn Profitable
The "untl-duisy Mil," Introduced Into
the New York State Assembly, pro
vided that the daisy be classed as a
detrimental, together with the wild
carrot, the common Canada thistle and
the wild lettuce; and that If a farmer
did not dig up these weeds the tax
assessors were empowered to enter tbe
farm, dig them up and charge tbe ex
pense to the farmer, along with bia
tuxes.
Recently, according to the New York
Tribune, this bill was tbe subject of
conversation between a city and a
country assemblyman.
"Do you think that such a bill Is a
good bill?" asked the city member.
"The dulsy Is oue of the most beauti
ful flowers that we have, exquisite In
Its simplicity."
"That may be," replied the country
member. "It Is beautiful to look at
but It ruins a crop of hay."
"But If you dig up our daisies what
will our poets do?" ,
"Raise bay, If they're wise. What
kind of a show does a poet stand, any
way? At the present time a bale of
hay brings a good deal higher prlca
than the same amount of verse."
Newspapers of Ihe Country.
An arithmetic man calculates tbe
newspaper and periodical output In the
United States at 2,805,4(10,000 dailies,
1,208.100,000 weeklies and 203.452,000
niontblles; total, 4.377,108,000 copies
an amount of printed matter equal to
2,000,000,000 average novels.
Panama Hats from Belgium.
Tbe Panama hats sold In England d
not come from America. They are
made In Belgium.
Ever notice that when you particu
larly try to be entertalulug,-you gossip1
mors