THE FOUR QUEST&
A knock nt the door but ho
Wnn itronmlnir a ilronul of fame:
And tho 0110 who knocked drew softly
back,
And never ngnln ho came.
A knock nt tho door ns soft
As soft ns shy us a dove.
Cut tho drenmer drenmed till tho guest
wns gone
And the guest was Love.
A -knock nt tho door ngnln
Tho drenmer dreamed nwny
Unheeding denf to tho pontic call
Of the olio who enmo that day.
A knock nt tho door no moro
Tim client to that door enmo..
Yet tho dreamer drenmed of the one who
called
" For the guest wns Knmc.
A knock nt tho door but still
IIo enve It no renty:
And the wnltlng guest gave a cheery hail
Ere ho slowly wandered by,
A knock at (ho door in dreams
The drenmer fain would grope,
Till the guest stole on. with a humbled
Blgh
And the guest wns Hope.
A knock at the door 'twas loud,
With might In every stroke:
And tho dreamer stopped In his dreaming
thought,
And suddenly awoke.
A knock nt the door he ran
With the swiftness of n breath:
And the door swung wide, and the guest
came in
And the guest was Death.
Baltimore American.
-H-H-K-H-
I AFTER 12 MIDNIGHT
I.
OtO HE man who speaks loudly In
public places of the valuables of
bis sideboard nnd .the Insecurity
of his front door may safely be put
down ns an amiable Idiot, let Thomas
Nedbnni of the flrui of Nedhnm & WI1
kins was no fool. He was reputed to
be a cute man of business, who knew
how to keep his counsel when bis
money was at stake, and yet here he
was to-night, on the front seat of a
crowded omnibus, boasting to his
neighbor that bis silver-plate was the
heaviest In all Hampstead.
"Burglars?" he laughed. In answer to
a question. "I have been thirty years
a householder, and never one of the
gentry has deigned to visit me. I often
think that the man who takes no pre
caution comes off best In this matter.
I have known some men spent a for
tune In locks nnd bolts, and have u
housebreaker In ns regularly as the
chimney sweep. You did not know my
partner, Wilklus? He's been dead
these dozen years, and before things
went wrong with him, and I bought
him out, he bad a collection of coins
worth 1,000. Well, he kept the treas
ure In a room whose windows were
sheathed nightly in heavy shutters,
bolted nnd bolted ngaln. But, of course,
he rose one flue morning to And the
lot gone. That broke the old fellow's
heart, and from then till they placed
hlln In Norwood cemetery he was nev
cr off the rocks."
As the old gentleman proceeded In a
lower voice to tell stories of the burg
laries that he had known befall his
friends, the tall young fellow Immedi
ately behind him showed evident lgns
of nervousness. He shifted uneasily In
his scat, and, as ever and anon, the gas
lights were passed, his pinched face
showed white, and his big eyes seemed
riveted n the Jovial Nedhnm. When
the merchant left the 'bus with a
hearty "good night!" to all and sundry,
the stripling rose and slipped off, too.
Twelve midnight had long since
boomed from the church steeple oppo
site, and still Thomas Nedhnm. city
merchant nnd Importer, lay wide
nwake. Usually he was a heavy sleep
er, but to-night slumber had deserted
him.
His active brain Insisted on scrutin
izing and dissecting the stock and
share list of the previous day, and gam
boling through his now silent city ware
house. The old gentleman chuckled as
he held his eyes tight, and conjured be
fore hi in the thousands of great bales
that lumbered every Inch of his stores.
"Wonderful!" he said audibly. "What
a great thing may sometimes grow
from a small one, to be sure! Only
thirty years ngo and I was wondering
bow I could meet a bill for 2 15s. Now,
now blocks added, six and fifty ware
houses, piles of paying- work and still
growing, growing, growing. Wonder
what Wllklns would think of It nil If
ho were looking up now? Poor Wll
klns! They tell me he died declaring
that I had robbed him. That was a
hard thing to say. No robbery, say I,
hut a business transaction. Besides,
In any case, It was n question of tlt-for-tat.
But for Wllklns I should not have
been a bachelor."
Nedhnni moved uneasily In bed, and,
through a doorway arched with trou
bled memory, he stole to the land of
forgetfulness.
How long he, slept ho hardly knew,
but he woke with a start. He had the
distinct Impression that be felt warm
breath on his face, nnd, springing out
of bed, he switched on the electric
light. No trace of an Intruder was In
the room, but the door, which Nedhain
felt sure he had shut, stood partly ajar.
Hastily pulling on his dressing gown
nnd shoving his bare feet luto slip
pers, ho reached a heavy riding crop
from the wall and stumbled down
stairs. As he opened the drawing room
door thero was tho shufllo of hasty
feet, nnd when tho light went up n
tall young fellow, shabbily dressed,
stood revealed. Tho two men faced
each other across the table, Nedliam
gripping tight tho whip handle.
"Now," ho said, In a wonderfully
composed voice, "I've caught you clean.
What In nil the world may yon want
here?"
Tho youngster removed Ills bnttered
lint, nnd his eyes fell ns n tinge of color
rose to lila check.
"A straight iiiiestlon demands n
straight answer," he replied. "I In
quest of some of the silver plate you
boasted about on the top of the llnmp-
s tend 'bus last night. I overheard that
conversation."
Nedhnm laughed, and laid the crop on
the table.
"You young fool!" ho said. "You do
not know Tom Nedhnm, or you would
not have tried this mug's game on."
He rubbed his hands. "Tom .Nedhnm
has never been known to bo caught
unpplug never!"
'I have heard said," replied the burg
lar nervously, "that yon are a smart
mnn of business a very smart man I
of business," he ndded, raising Ills eyes
nnd looking Nedhani squarely In the
face.
"You Hatter me, young man." chuck
led the portly merchant. "And who,
may I ask, reported so favorably or
me?"
"My name," replied the stripling,
leaning over the table "my name Is
Wllktns; my father was your partner."
And having tired that shot he awaited
results.
II.
Nedhani shivered slightly nnd his
face chnnged color. In n moment, how
ever, he had mastered himself.
"Ah," he said, lightly, "are you the
boy I've heard him speak so often
about? How strangely people meet
sometimes! Who could have dreamed
that I should have had the pleasure of
seeing you at such an unlikely hour
and place? Sit down, sir sit down!"
The stripling sat in silence; for n
minute no words passed.
I suppose," Wllklns muttered nt
last, "you will now 6end for the po
lice?"
The merchant laughed loudly as be
lay back In his chair. j
"Why police?" he said. "You have i
not robbed me." . 1
"I bad that Intention," was the reply, i
But, like most of my other-schemes In 1
life. It did not eonieoff. But, remem
ber. If I had cleared your sideboard I
should not have called myself a rob- j
ber not even a law-breaker. My fatli-1
er has told' me that you robbed him, I
and were the cause of his ruin nt the i
end."
Nedhani drew himself up, fidgeting
on bis sent. 1
"I do assure you." he said soothing-j
ly. "there Is no vestige of truth In the j
accusation. You may not know -Hint
your father was subject to hallucina
tion long before we parted company."
"I disagree with you, sir," put In the
other, with a trembling Up. "But that
Is all past now. and need not be mourn
ed over. My father U far beyond busi
ness trickery at this moment. But,
candidly, I bear you a bitter grudge,
and ever will do so. So does another
my mother."
"Your mother?" queried the old man,
In a whisper. "She Is still alive, then?
Ah, the mention of her brings back to
me the days of youth. I presume your
father never told you how he came be
tween us, nnd made the only woman I
ever loved uis wire.' i
"I am In no mood for sentiment," the
young man Interrupted. "And. besides,
that, too, Is a bygone. What I do know
Is thnt the terlble crash came unex
pectedly, nnd brought down to the
earth like a card-castle all that made
for happiness with us. I had to leave
college, and, though I have tried, I
never have been able to mend the brok
en thread of my life. But nil this does
not Interest you." And he moved to
ward the door.
As the gentleman-burglar passed In
to the ball he turned with a forced
smile and said:
"I came by the back door and will go
by it, I presume?"
'Not at all!" cried Nedliam effusive
ly. "No visitor at Woodlands has ever
been allowed to do that. Let me show
you out by the front door, nnd, when
next you come to see me, perhaps you
will give me fairer warning than you
did this morning."
He opened the door and held out his
hand. The youngster took It coldly.
"By the way," said the merchant. "Is
your mother In need of money?"
"Money?" said Wllklns, drawing him-
self up proudly on the doorstep. "Char
ity? And from such ns you? Thank
God, we are not yet reduced to that
level!"
And so saying, be passed out Into
the night.
Nedliam listened to the retreating
footsteps for some moments, and then
quietly shut the door.
"Queer fellow, certainly!" he chuck
led. "But a boy of spirit ay, a boy of
spirit!" he added emphatically, as he
pulled on the bolts.
Tho Australian branct of Mr. Ned-
ham's business, which he opened at
Melbourne some four years ngo, Is
thriving beyond all expectations. But
when business friends congratulate Mr.
Nedbam, be laughs and says;
"I mustn't take the credit. It's young
Wllklns' concern. I'm taking him Into
partnership with the New Year."
Odd Effect of tho Sun.
The effect of strong and continual
sunsblno on the features Is, It scorns,
most damaging. A writer In a Sydney
paper points out that the women In some
parts of Queensland are contracting a
lifted upper lip. This ho attributes to
the Herco Queensland sunlight, which
cuuses ono to contract tho faclnl mus
cles near tho eyes In order to avoid the
glare. The rest of tho face Is, of
course, affected by these muscles.
Every girl of sixteen has so many
important secrets with her girl friends
that sho longs for a- cipher when she
talks to them over the telephone.
BASE-BURNER THE THING.
The Old Alan Says It Deals
and Hot Air Won't
"Well you can talk about your steam
heat and your hot water pipes and your
furnaces and your natural gas all you
want to, but as for mo give mo the good
old-fashioned base-burner," said tho old
man as ho stretched out bis hands to
ward a glowing pattern of bis- favorite
beater of tho stylo of alHiut 18W.
"There's something kind of urtllU'lal
about these other things, eveu natural
gas," he continued. "Some way or
another they don't go to tho spot not
with me. They make me feel Just like
I had on n new pair of boots, and
mighty bad fitting ones at that. They
go agnlnst the grain and don't make
me feel nt homo. And, besides, they
don't always deliver the goods. Now,
Just look at this one. You bet It de
livers the goods all the time."
The old gentleman wns right, at the
moment, nt least, for In tho lamplight
you could fairly see the bent shooting
nwny from the base-burner. The ther
mometer registered S7 degrees and the
furnlturenearby was beginning to smell
"scorchy" nnd little wnrts In the paint
had raised up on the side next the stove.
"Yes, sir," went on the base-burner
ndvocate, "you can't llnd nnythlng
that'll touch the bnso-burner." (Cer
tuluty his proposition would not have
been disputed Just then.) "There's n
lot of poetry to be found looking Into
a base-burner thnt Is In good working
order. Now, where are you going to
find any poetry in looking down Into a
register thnt Is spouting up nothing but
n big stream of hot nlr, nnd how arc
ABOUND THE OLD
you going to find It putting your feet
up against a steam radiator? Shucks!
There's nothing in the world like u
base-burner for the family to gather
around. I tell you the base-burner Is
the heart of the home. Here the chil
dren and the old folks can get together
In tho right kind of style. Imagine n
family gathering around a steam coll
or snuggling up to the hot air shooting
up from the furnace. That would pro
mote a family feeling In flue style,
wouldn't It?"
"You see, the old base-burner, with
Its ruddy glow nnd radiating heat, Just
sends out good feeling that can't be
resisted. When the winter blasts are
howling outside, fairly shaking tho
chimney, and shrieking around the
corners nnd banking up the snow
against the side of the house, then's
SIGHT THAI'S
the time you realize what home would
bo without a base-burner. That's tho
time that all of us hustle up to the
stove In a kind of semi-circle. Nobody
gets clear behind the stove, where tho
chimney Is, but that's the only place
they leave clear. Then wo Just hnve a
good old family talk. Me and the boys
yank off our boots so's to get real com
fortable and the women folks peel the
apples an' wt crack nuts, eat popcorn
an' drink cider an' have tho all-tlredest
good time you over did see.
"Then If any of the boys has got
bruises on their ankles where their
boots rubbed while they were tryln' to
skate, this Is the tlmo thnt mother gets
out her home-mado salvo and fixes 'em
up. You can't do tricks like that In
front of a hot water radiator. I s'poso
If the boys broke through tho Ice and
come in with their' feet wet they could,
maybe, dry with furnnce or steam heat,,
but they couldn't do It quick nnd do It
good and right, like they could with
the old base-burner.
"An' you say all you please about
those new-fangled heats, but you can't
make mo believe that you er me could
look at 'cm bnrd enough er long enough
to see things In 'em. They wouldn't
help you noue to solvo yer problems cr
lighten yer burdens. But you can git
all that kind of help out of the base
burner. Ye can see figures and things
In tho red-hot coals you couldn't find In
no radiators er registers. I've looked
Into them coals many and many a tlmo
Oilier Heaters and that Steam
Do for the Family Use
nnd found nut how to do Just tho right
thing. All I hud to do wns to keep tonk
in' there long enough and tho way was
mndo clear. Why, I want to tell you
a good base burner Just bents a crack
fortune teller nil to pieces every day In
the week; And nil this is the reason
why I mnlntaln that a base-burner Ih
the only thing to have In tho Iioiimo fer
heatln' purposes nnd fer gettlu' the
fn mil y together nnd tunklu' 'em foci
right."
VEILS AND THE EYESIGHT.
Women Often Kill n Their Vlaloit ti)
WenrliiK fcucli (liinxc,
Ono would nnturnlly Htipposo tho eye
sight Is of such Inestimable vuluo thnt
rational human beings would Hcrupu
lously shun all risk of Impairing It, and
that above nil things fashion should
not be permitted to decree modes whoso
effect Is to weaken that most sensitive
of the orgnns, tho eye. Yet it Is n de
plorable fact that many of the fash
Ions are blindly followed by the fair
sex at tho behest of somo "lender" In
tho guy world of society.
The veil Is one of tho fashions of the
present, ns It hns been of past times.
The sex Is divided In opinion ns to tho
effects of the veil upon the vision, but
where you will llnd one to mnltitnln
thnt such nn adornment fades tho
complexion you will find ten to nver
that no penalties would prevent them
from wearing It.
Go and ask nn oculist bis opinion, nnd
what ho has to say on the topic Is to
BASEBUBNEB.
plump condemnation upon every veil
that Is worn. Yet ho will admit thnt,
while somo nets nre extremely danger
ous and deleterious to tho eyes, others
arc almost unlnjurlous. There nro
fashions In nets and gauzes, and ninny
nre the variations with which tho veil
Is worn, but In England It always cov
ers the eyes, and it Is hero that the dan
ger arises.
Of nil tho veils over tried, tho Ideal
one Is yet to be discovered. Some wom
en enn trace step by step Its evolution
throughout tho century. They have
heard their grandmothers talk about
the white lnco "fall" that used to bo
liked, and themselves can recollect the
thick green, blue, gray, white nnd green
gauze horrors worn to protect tho com
plexion from tan. Thoso veils were fol
lowed by thinner silk ones, which In
FIVE SPECIMENS OK THE INJUUIOUS VEIL.
their turn wero deposed In favor of
thoso of thread lace, after which came
the many abominations still exploited,
to wit, mesh nets dotted and patterned
lu various ways.
Just now they nro wearing roost cur
tailed ones again, and a feeling has
also como In thero for tho utter ban
ishment of tho veil. A moro uncomfort
a bio and. Imbecile affair for afternoon
teas than tho mask and tho chin veil
Is cannot bo Imagined.
It Is a sign of grace, perhaps, that tho
question which is being much debated
now among smart people is whether tho
veil does not accomplish so much harm
to tho visual organ as to outweigh all
other considerations In Its favor. They
wonder whether n veil could not bo con
trived that would leavo tho eyes uncov
ered, while It beautified nnd protected
the rest of the face. As ft pattern, noth
ing could be better than tho Turkish
woman's yashmak, which Is Justly held
to bo the most modest face covering in
existence.
Tho very best is a veil ns flno ns gos
samer, which can also bo most becom
ing, too. It has no spots nt all upon It,
nnd so does not worry the poor tortured
eyes that havo to dodge spots or vainly
nnd unconsciously try to focus them,
one of tho worst posslblo exercises to
which weak or Imperfect sight enn bo
put. The retrograde step Is taken by
Itusslau net veiling, which need not,
however, be very trying If the mesh bo
fine, for It Is unspotted.
Then pomn the, nulto condemned veils.
which have chenille spots nil over thmus
they nro bad lit proportion, as their
dots are elosu and largo of scanty nnd
smalt, but they nro less sight-wearing
than a veil that Is patterned as well as
spotted, it veritable- agony to sensitive
sight. White veils am often much more
evil in their effects than black, for H'
material, bo It tullo or net. possesses n
faculty for darling tho vision nnd
making everything seen through it
wavering and lll-dellned. l'lnally. has
not the cast) been proven thnt those
who nro conscious of strain, u lack-of
clnrlty of slght.or weariness after wear
ing a veil, should give up tho task of
looking smart at the expense of vision.
Even tho strong argument In favor of
veils of u sensible and clear mesh,
which tho oculists do nut attempt to
deny, namely, that such nets do keep
tho eyes from tho nssaults of grit, es
pecially during a drive or while cy
cling ami motoring, should not appeal
to tho wcnk-slghtcd.
COLOR OF GOLD COINS.
Kcimoim for lllirerancei In Tint
of
Coin of Irmcli Mlutiiue.
Somo tlmu ago a rrencliman placed
together a numbers of gold coins of
Kronch mintage of thu beginning,
middle nnd end of the last century. IIo
was much surprised to seo that
they differed In color. IIo sot
about llndlug out the reasons for
this difference, and the results of Ills
Investigations have been published In
La Nature.
There Is a paleness nbout the yellow
of the ten and twenty-franc pieces
which bear the elllgles of Nnpoleon
I. and Louis XVIII. that is not
observed In tho gold of later mintage.
One admirer of those coins
speaks of their color ns a
"beautiful paleness" nnd ex
presses regret thnt It Is lacking In later
coins. Tho explanation of it Is very
simple. The alloy that entered Into
the French gold coins of those days
contained as much silver as copper,
nnd It wns the silver that gave thu
coins their Interesting pnteness.
The coins of tho era of Napoleon III.
were moro golden In hue. Tho silver
had been taken out of the alloy.
The gold coins of to-duy have n still
witrmor and deeper tinge of' yellow.
This Is because the I'nrls mint, as well
ns thnt In London, melts the gold and
the copper alloy In hermetically sealed
boxes, which prevents tho copper from
being somewhat blenched, ns It always
Is when It Is nttacked by hot air; sotlio
tireseut coins have the full warmnesH
of tint that a copper alloy can give.
If the coins of to-day are not so baud
some In the opinion of amateur collec
tors as those Issued by thu. first Napo
leon, they nro superior to those of
either of tho Napoleons In thu fact
that It costs less to make them. The
double operation of the oxidation of
tlio copper nnd cleaning It off the stir
face of thu coin with acids Is no longer
employed; and the large elimination of
copper from tho nurfacu of the coins,
formerly practiced, madu them less re
sistant under wear and tear than are
the coins now In circulation.
PARIS IS BEST FORTIFIED.
Twen tr-oun Mile of I.'efcnDea Now
Ouuid the Preach Cattltul.
Tho best fortified city In tho world
Is I'nrls. It Is defended by seven great
forts nbout thu city, eight miles uwa'y
from Its walls; nineteen smaller forts
four miles out, each containing three
acres and mounting two ninety-live-
ton guns. Great stacks of 100-pound
melinite shells nro ready for these
guns to hurl. There nro twenty-one
miles of continuous forttllcutlous nbout
tho town earth-work walls MO feet
thick at the base and fronted by forty
five-foot moats. So cleverly are the
forts masked by long slopes of green
turf and the walls by trees and bushes
thnt one can pnss In and out of I'nrls
a dozen times and seo scarcely a truce
of Its fortifications.
The rnnge of tho nlnety-flve-ton guns
Is fourteen miles. To work thoso guns
I'nrls has 50,000 trulned urtlllerymen
among her reservists. Sho could man
every gun twice over, gurrlson nil her
forts with Infantry reservists nnd put
a dozen cnvnlry regiments Into the
Jleld for scouting purposes. Such a
performance no other city on earth
could rival.
At every 1,000 yards nlong the Inner
slope of tho fortifications Is a three
story guardhouse. Somo 20,000 troops
could thus bo sheltered within Cull of,
nil nttacknblo points. Every horse over
4 years old Is registered, Tho general
staff could chooso from somo 120,000
horses, Thero uro In I'nrls 1,000 cabs,
with thrco horses to n cal 18,000
mounts fairly suitable forcnvnlry. Add
20,000 tram and bus horses and 50,000
draught horses tho balanco mny bo
taken ns In private hnnds. Tlio, mill,
tnry stores of I'nrls nro boundless. In
a day she could nrm nnd clotbo 450,000
fighting men with 70,000.000 rounds of
mellnlto cnrtrldges, nnd at tho army
bakeries sho reserves largo stores of
grain.
A Spider's Thread,
Whnt wo call a spider's thread con
sists of moro than 4,000 threads united.
The girl who used muellago to keep
her halt In curl has been much stuck
up ever since.
Fools are apt to discern tho faults of
others and overlook their own.
HARD TO BEAR
Story of a I)riijlHi. Who Wan
Alwuj'H Compounding Hum
cillcB lor Otliors Yet
Snl'lunMl Aironk'H
Himself.
;ViHti Iht ;,,iintil(iiiii . Miliinnfd, lit,
I'orhnpii lu no oiiao whom Htomiioh
trouble was thu nilnmnt lias the olll
olonoy of a popular remedy buun so
thorouuhlv dtmiuiiHlrntud as in tlio catio
of W. H. Matins, a protnlnuut ilriiiwlst
of Kldorndn, 111. Tho story nn told by
Mr. MiithlH In iih follows!
"In tho spring ol 1 HO t I Imd a vory
norland ciiho of Indigestion, My "torn
nch commenced (ogive mo groat trouble,
nnd, while I know tlio wo of thu
pain, I did not at Urst turn tho proper
precaution. Tor somo tlmo I did not
pay anv attention, but It gradually
grow worse, whim I consulted a phy
slolan, who proscribed for mo. 1 usuil
his uimllolmi according, to InotnioUoiw.
1 began to oxporlonco nervous spoil",
boeamo subjoiit to conijestlim of tho
etoiiniuli, and eonslcloroil myself Hi
procarlous condition. Tlio physician s
modluiuo nud othur ruiuodlos 1 trlvd
fulled to houollt mo.
"Ono day u frlond mgod mo to try
Dr. Williams' l'lnk 1'IIIh lor l'alo Too.
plo. 1 coniidorud It a usoloss oxpori
mont, but as I had tried ovorythlnu
else, I nsreod to take thum. That wns
throo nud a halt yearn ngo. When I
hnd imod throo boxes I could noto vory
plainly" tho ohungo for tho hotter.
Wliou 1 had lined the sovonth box I
was cured.
"Tho pills havo not only cured tho
indigootlon, but tnoy liavo alio cured
my iiorvotiMioim, my blood 1 In purfoot
condition, and they havo brought my
wulght from 1 10 pounds at tho com
moiicuini'ut of tho stomach troublo to
1B0 at prcsunt.
"If any ono who ronds this doslros
to know moro of my oxpoilnuco 1 will
uliully nunwer letter which ouoloie
tump for reply. Klgnod,
W. H. MATH IS.
Sworn nud subscribed to lioforo mo
this 27th day of June, 1000.
Tlios. I). Morris,
Justlco of thu I'oiicn,
Dr. Williams' l'lnk Wis fur l'alo
People nro sold nt nil drugulsts or will
bt tent diroct from Dr. Williams Modi
clno Company, Hohemiotndy, N. Y.
I'rlca 60 cunts pur box; tlx boxen, $3, GO.
Night In Knm City.
Conductor Why don't you itop for
thoiii throo fullers that dlgimllod?
Motnriiian -I got mo wouk'n salnry
In my poakut, and you but 1 ain't tak
In' chnncus liko that.
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tho first and ocoml elms musicians $00
nud $60 a month ropectlvoly, '1 hoy uro
allowed rntlon money lu all casus.
Paid )3J00 for a Cow.
Tho hlghost prico over paid for a
Hero ford cow was brought by Carna
tion, which animal was sold to J. C.
Adams, of Mowunqun, III., for $11,700
at u Knnins City oxpoaltlon. Tho
previous high prlco record wui$3,1C0.
Will Expcrlm'tnt With Japanese Oyitiri.
Kastoru oysters do not reproduce
woll in tho colder waters Of Oregon
nud Wellington. An nttompt Is to bo
mndo, thoroforo, to noullimito thoro tho
flno largo oyntors of Northern Japan.
To (It Sure.
Qulzzor ''Whnt doos It monn by
'hiding your Unlit under a Imshol?' "
Guyor "Sondlng vnloutlnos with
out writlug your iinino on 'oin."
Church Membership at Newton,
Tho ministers of Nuwton, Kan,, havo
just completed n religious cousin of
that town. 'I hoy found 6,353 portions
in 1,453 families nud of tlnflo pooplo
2,310, or Ions than half, professed to
bo ohnrch mombors.
Union Elects Negro Vice-Presidents.
. It Is tho custom of tho AlHbnma dis
trict of tho Unitoil Mlno Workers to
eloot a negro as vlao-prosldout.
The Powers That tic.
"Hush I Not an Intnl. U'n'rn tin v.
ing n conforouco of tho powers." '
'J',iu wno is conferring?"
"My wife, my mother-in-law. and
tho cook I"
Tramps Are Scarce There.
A Missouri judge hns hit upon a
novel plan for gottlug tramps to leavo
town. IIo sontoucos all brought l-oforo
him to 80 days' work on tho streets
ami gives them half nn hour to got
their tools. That half hour boos thorn
well on tholr way.
Exporti of Coal Grow,
Tho oxports of ooal oontluuo to crow
monthly, and lu 10 months this year
this country lias shinned abrond oonl
nnd coko to tho vnluo of almost $20,-
uuu.uuu.
Pitch Cloak for Llit-Savin.
A pitch olonk is tho nowost form nt
lifo eavim; onnaratus. It Is
invention. It weighs nbout ono nouml.
and will koop ovtn a fully equipped
toldior nbovo tho aurfaco of tho water.
It has Wator tiroof nonknts In ivlilnli
food nnd dlrnk may bo carried, ns well
us bluo lights, in caeo tho wonrer is
sblpwrooked in tho night.
Abandoneu Farms Being Taken Up.
Tho abandoned farms nt Man
setts are fast bollia taken nn. Tlirnn
years ago there wore 830 thus olnfHod
in tno Btnto, A socent onumoratlon
shows thoro aro now bat 180,