HYPOSCOPE ENABLES
An ICfigllah clergyman has inriiliil a device which enables marUcinmii to dm ou r walls, rainparla, etc., without
tipoalug himself la the tiro of tint (lent jr. It Is called til hyposcope. The device consists at in arrangement of mirrors
III a vertical tube which reflect the gunslght ami t the shooter from exposing hi head to look along the barel. At
tlii National Itllli' Association shoot at Illalr', England, tlie Inventor astonished Ills audience by hitting bla mark thirty
four times In llilrt jf-tlrp aliuta,
THE THANKFUL HEART.
Vbou art not rich, thou art not poor;
'I'lir fortune keeps the inliMIe way.
No Ilia thy atrriiKtli rannut rmliire,
Aorttniicd to the passing da,
l'hiiu art not young, thou art nut oM,
Yet calm thou seeat thy yeara depart,
And jnya are thine a thouaaml fold
Ilecauao thou haat the thankful heart.
A thankful heart for life alono
For beauty In tbe earth and aklea
(A ml for audi aha re aa thou doat own
lly happy itlft of seeing ryra)s
l'or liu mi n ii lore'a endearing bond,
Where atauchly thou doat bear thy
parti
For aolaco here and hope, la-yond
Cur all thou haat the thankful heart
Ho to thla day of crowning cheer
lly eaay rourae thy atepa did tend,
Hlurv with each day of alt the year
Rome grateful leaven thou dldat Mend.
No chance Ihy prise from thee can wrest;
While life ahall laat thou .hall not part
With that good gift (of all the beat)
The treature uf a thankful heart
Harpcr'a Hasar.
COUSIN JOSHUA'S WILL
it
"Cousin Joaliun la dead," said moth
cr, uiiliultonlux Iter Jacket
"Cousin Joaliun dead!" repeated
Ohloo, lucnslulously.
"Hu lived to n good old age," re
marked Celln, cheerfully.
"At Inat,' lirvntluil Persia.
"Ilo left JIM.OOO," went on liiotlier,
Inking off tier tximict
"Dear Coilnlu Joshua," said Uhloe,
atlll more clieerfully.
"And lie wan n bachelor mid father's
first rotiatu," said Cliloe, oracularly.
"ltnlyt" sighed I'trila, blUafully.
"Ilo left 1 100,000 to vnrloua churches,
libraries nlid clinrltulilo organizations,"
said niotlier, alnkliiK Into Iter clmlr.
"Well, Hint leaves $50,000," ntd Celln,
n llttlo 1cm cheerfully.
The rest KOea to the son of n denr
friend of lit youth, Clinrlea Frederick
(Ireyson," went on mother.
"lint what about his llrat cousin'
clllldrelir gasped Cliloe.
"To tliu children of Ills flrat cousin,
your fntlier," went on mother, na If
alio wero rending from tho will of the
Into Joaliun, "ho left tho half-acre lot
with tho six-room cottage thereon, alt.
unto! nt Tyler'" Crossing."
"Tlio wrctchl" cried Cliloe.
"It la nil because you mnrrled papa,
and ho wonted you lilmaelf," snapped
Celln.
"Perhaps the six-room cottngo on tlio
biilf-ncru lot contains 0110 of thoso
deaka with n secret drnwer conc'cnllug
u fortune," wild Persia, In whoso breast
"hope spring eternal."
"I'm aorry for you. girls," anld moth
tr, "but you know Aunt Ilnnnnb nlwnya
anld that nil wo should ever Kct from
Coualu Joahun wo could 'put In our eye
nnd aeo clenr.' "
"Wo'll ko lo thnt slxrooin cottngo In
HUiniuer," Jld l'erala.
A few months Inter mother nnd tlio
threo girls toolc tho barge at Tyler'
for tlio cottage.
After riding n mile or two without
passing any Iioubo, tho driver atopped nt
tlio llrat of two weather-beaten cot
tages. "Thla 'ero'a tlio old Josh Slocum
plnco and t'other' tlio Wlddcr Una
aett'a. Blio nnd licr aon's stnylu' tlicro
now, ao you'll linvo neighbors. There
uln't any other for two miles nwny."
"Let ua hopo 'Wldder Hansen's on
la young nnd charming," said I'ersls,
n tlicy wcut Into tho cottngo.
Tho noxt morning na I'ersls was weed.
Ing what pho termed their "Onrden of
Kdcn" (more let It bo confessed In tlio
hopes of seeing tlio "wlddcr' son" tlinn
from lovo of gardening), a snnko gilded
ncros tier path. Tho shrill, unearthly
cry which came from her throat
brought n young man ovor tho dividing
fence with as much celerity as oven
Persia could wish.
"What I UJ Can I bo of servlco?"
cried the young man, hastily lifting his
cap.
" 'Twas a snnkol An enormous
snnko!" gasped, I'ersls. "There, It Is
now!" nnd a bocoikI cry rent'tho nlr,
A well-directed blow soon killed tbo
Invader of this second gnrden of Kdcn
a small, harmless, green reptile,
"Aro you Biiro that Is tho ono? I cer
tainly thought It must bo a bon con
strictor at least," sntd tlio young man,
(lying I'crsts and tho snako rntlicr du
biously, "You wouldn't stop to tlilnk whether
It wus ouo foot or one hundred If It
was running, undor your skirts," said
I'ersls, then stopped rather5 suddenly.
"No," said tlio youtit rnnn, soberly,
"that would, certainly alter tho case.'
Tho two families became good
SOLDIER TO SHOOT WITHOUT BEING SEEN,,
friends, finding each other moat con
genial. "Yuu would hnrdly supposo thla small
coltago represented $.',0,000 and a trip
to Europe, would you" naked 1'enila
ono afternoon, n alio lay swinging In
a hammock.
"The beat thing you can do," said
.Mrs. Ilnasctt, nfter hearing tho expla
nation, "la to find Clinrlea Frederick
(Ireyaon and innrry lilm.
, "I wouldn't marry hi in If lin lind a
lilllllon," retortiil Persia. "The Idea of
robbing a defenseless widow with threo
charming daughters."
"Iteally, though," said Frederick Una
sett, "I don't aeo bow young Urcyaon
la to blame."
"Well, ho la," snapped Persia, with nn
nlr of Duality. "I deaplso htm. I shall
marry soma young struggling doctor or
lawyer or" and she stopped, blushing
furiously, for It occurred to her that
Frederick Ilnssett was n lawyer, nl
though hu did not appear to be strug
gllug for fame Just at present
The summer won away, and as a nat
ural seiUclico It cloao brought tlio en
gngemeiit of Persia and tho "wldder'i
son."
"Persia," said Frederick one night,
"do you think you could have court
deuce In ono who had deceived you)"
"Do you mean to say that you havi
deceived me?" said I'ersls, sitting up
Tory straight.
"Will er that Is. I'ersls "
"Aro you married?" gasped I'ersls,
with such a tragic nlr that the heart
less young lawyer laughed.
"No not yet, I'ersls, but my mother
was married twice, and I am the sou of
her llrat marriage. .My name Is "
"Don't say it Is Kmltti," Interrupted
Persia; "anything but that"
".My name," be went on, rather hur
riedly, "Is Charles Frederick (Ireysou."
"Why, Fred lluasctt!" cried I'ersls;
"then you nrc Cousin Joshua's heir;
and I nlway said "
"Never mind what you snld. You
didn't know what a nice fellow ho was,
did you"
"Hut why didn't you tell mo before?"
asked Persia.
"Why, bless your heart, I'ersls, you
always snld you wouldn't marry
Charles Frederick (Ircyson, and I have
found you n person who knows her own
mind quite thoroughly; but you were
so iidornbly lovely 'I couldn't resist try
ing to win you ns Frederick Ilnssett"
"Well," snld l'ersts, "I supposo I can
forgive you, but "
"Of cotirso you can," said Charles
Frederick (Ireyaon. Indianapolis Suu,
LONG TOUR IN AUTOMOBILE.
Dr. I.eliweas Una Hct Out for l'or la to
Circle the Ulobc.
Dr. Lehwess, a naturalized English
man of (lerinan birth, who lives lu
Purls, proposes to complete this cosmo
politanism by going around the world
In an automobile.
Tho doctor says tho Journey on which
ho set out from Paris Is undertaken
partly from lovo of motoring, partly
because ho wnuts material for a book,
partly because of n keen financial In
terest In tho prospects of Increased
trndo between Ilunsla and Kngland fol
lowing the completion of the Trans
Siberian railway. From Paris the route
routo proposed Is na follow: Ilrus
sels, Cologne, Ilerlln, Warsaw, St. Pe
tersburg, Moscow, Nljnl Novgorod, Kn
san Omsk Tomsk, Irkutsk, Klauschta,
and then either across tho desert of
(lib to Pekln and Tlcn-Tsln, or by
Nlrchlnsk, Ohabarov to Vladlvostock,
according to tlio political situation lu
NOVEL TWIN
European military experts apeak In high prnlie of the twin cannon which has
Just heed constructed In (leriiiony. The two pieces can be fired from a tingle
carriage, nnd thua they occupy far less space than jtwa anparale plecca would
occupy. Moreover, they can ho f)fcd with extreme rapidity, hnd 'either alngly or
at the aaute time, as may be desired. . Lieut, Ool. Del&uney, a French authority
nil iloil,Prn glius, thinks Very hlfjUly of tho new weapon. "It combines," he aaya,
"great etlleleiiej; as regards tiring, with notable economy aa regards weight, and
though the .present model' ( not of very large caliber, It la to bo presumed that
the sumo principle will very soon, be applied to the largest guns."
China. From the Paclrtc const the ex
pedition will cross by steamer to Japan,
and from there via Honolulu lo Kan
Francisco.
"The car must be a good hill climber
to surmount tho Hockles)" was sug
gested. "1 don't Intend to put It to the test."
snld the doctor. "We shall proceed
south across Mexico to New Orleans,
and from there to HI. ImuU, Chicago,
nocTon i.kiiwmh' auto.
1 1 u (Talo, Niagara Falls, and after an ex
cursion Into t'uiindn we shall tin lull our
transcontinental Journey at New York.
From New York the car will swing on
the crane for the Inst time, and the last
lap will be n quick run from Liverpool
to Ixindon.
"The time It will take? Oh, we calcu
late on living away about eight months.
This Is not to bo a race, but a tour
of Inspection."
The automobile Is n Pnnliard Lcvos
sor of thirty horso pownr, with a enr
rlngo beautlfull) fitted up to Dr. I.eh
wess' spccltlcntlons. It Is of tho Pull
man type nnd has sleeping accommoda
tions for four. It Is painted a brilliant
yellow, with dark red relief.
An Odd Method or Heating Cars.
The Northwestern Hallway Company
of Kngland has equipped some of Its
trains with a system of heating to
which the inuch-nbuaed term "unique"
may well be applied. Two conceutrlc
cylinders arc employed, the annular
spneo between which communicates
with a steam pipe extending from the
locomotive holler. The Inner cylluder
contains acetate of soda a compound
remarkable for Its properly of lique
fying when heated, and of cooling very
slowly. The radiators thus constituted
aro Incased In asbestos-lined boxei hav
ing hinged doors, lly opening or clos
ing the door of a box the heat Is turn
ed ou or off.
Kqunt to tlio Tusk.
A certain lady bad, one day, been
rudely treated by a minor railway olll
clal. Klio won very Indignant, and
quite at n loss for words; but she had
a saving sense of humor, nnd turned
to a stranger at her elbow.
"Sir," said she, "will you tell this
man what I think of him?"
Tho stranger, without betraying tho
least excitement, said. In a melancholy
drawl;
"Sir, this lady thinks you an under
strapper, clothed with n. llttlo brief au
thority, whoso only qualification for
tho position you occupy Is your extra
ordinary Inipudence."
What has become of the old-fashioned
woman who Inquired of her sulk
ing boy: "Has tho cat got your
tongue?"
Merchant talk about "tin horn
clerks:" clerks who blow a great deal,
and aro of llttlo account
CANNON.
WHERE THE CRUBT IB WEAK.
I'ortlon of the Kurth In Dancer of
Volcanic J'.rntitlona.
From north to south, mountains Dank
tho wholo of tho western coast of
America nnd from Alaska, where moro
than ono nctlvo volcano Is to be found,
to Cape Horn, tho line of weakness
nro clearly marked, One runs through
tlio Cascade Mountains, down the Sier
ra Noyailns Into Lower California; an
other from the ltocky Mountains,
through Central America, and down
tlio entire coast of the south continent,
nlong tlio Andes. West of the ltocky
Mountains Is u vast extent of country,
larger than Franco and Oreat llrltnln
combined, consisting of bare, basalt
plain, caused by lura flows from lis
Miro eruptions.
East of the ltocky Mountains Is tho
far-famed Yellowstono Park district
lying mainly In Wyoming and partly
In Montana and Idaho, whoso hot
springs nnd geyser show that the
temperature here Is still Intense at no
great distance below the surface. It
was In 1872 that these extraordinary
geyser and boiling springs became the
property of tho people.
Among the most noted volcanoes on
the American continent are Jorullo,
l'opocuteptl, Cotopaxl, the highest vol
cano lu the world, and Couscqulna,
whose tremendous explosion In 1835
closely resembled that of the first erup
tion of Vesuvius, nnd of Krnkntoa In
1883. In all, America possesses nearly
100 volcanoes.
In tho Atlantic Ocean very few Isl
ands aro to be found, but they are
nearly alt volcanic In origin.
Disconnected with any lino of weak
ness, about the equator, are the Sand
wich, or Hawaiian Islands, the last
spot to be visited In our tour of tha
world's volcanoes.
These Islands ore nothing but a
group of huge volcanic cones, but for
three-quarters of a century all the
eruptions which have, taken place have
been non-explosive. The active crater
arc lu Hawaii, wltb the soft, musical,
native names of Kllauen. Hualalal, nnd
Loa; while tlicro nro two other cones,
one of them, Kea by name, rising 13,
805 feet Hoth Kea nnd Loa are reck
oned to lie twlco the bulk of Etna.
Pearson' Magazine.
A QOSSIP PARTY.
Where the Men Ketall llrllllant Scraps
of News.
Let It not be Imagined that a gossip
party Is confined to the sex credited
with having a corner on tho gossip
market There must be an equal num
ber of men and women present at this
fascinating function. In the first place,
the hostess writes a dozen or more
topics of conversation upon cards,
which are handed to guests upon their
arrival. The subjects usually chosen
are of up-to-date and piquant charac
ter, a startling bit of news, a new
novel or picture, the flirtations of one's
friends, questions of costume, favorite
dishes, or tastes, etc. Chairs arranged
In pairs and sofas scattered about the
rooms have numbers attached to them.
Just as many as there are couples;
these numbers nrc drawn for, and each
couple drawing corresponding numbers
hunts up the seat similarly num
bered. After the manner of progressive card
parties, n bell Is rung to announce each
topic of conversation, for which Ave
minutes are allowed. At the end of
that time the men rUe nnd pass on to
the seat next theirs In number. At
each change of places the next subject
ou the cards Is taken up and chatted
about The women remain seated,
while the men progress until the en
tire circle Is made, or until the hos.
teas anuounces the conclusion of the
gossip. Slips of paper and pencils are
then distributed nnd the women vote
for the men whose gossip has most in
terested them, and vice versa. The
two gaining the most votes receive
prizes as a reward of their brllllaucy.
Philadelphia Times.
.Not in llor l.lue.
Did you ever sec a girl spin a top?
Did you ever sec her carefully aud
closely wind a string around the cone
nnd then, with a quick throw nnd Jerk,
give It the necessary rotary motion to
send It whirling right side up? You
never did, and probably you never will,
says the Chicago Hecord-Herald, be
cause the ready possibility of doing
such n thing does not lie lu a woman's
anatomy.
A girl can twirl a rope and Jump one
enough times to weary her watching
brother, but a top lu her hands Is a
useless thing, and tbe brother ouly
laughs at her efforts to spin It, If she
makes them, a he laugh at all her
efforts In the direction of throwing.
Observe the children playing In tbe
streets at top-spinning seasons. You
may watch all day and not see one girl
with a top In her hand, while you will
see hundreds with skipping ropes. If
you see any playing with balls they will
be simply bouncing them on tho pave
ments, using a very short, cramped
motion of the arm lu doing so.
The simple fact Is that a girl cannot
throw. In the true sense of the term,
because of the peculiar construction
of her shoulder. When a boy throws
a ball he bends his elbow, reaches back
with his forearm and uses every Joint
from shoulder to wrist Ills arm Is re
laxed. A. girl throws with a rigid arm,
because her collar bone Is larger and
Its lower than a boy's. This pre
vents the free motion of the arm re
quired for strength and accuracy In
throwing; hence she cannot spin a top
properly.
Tho Holland Primrose.
There la a plant In Holland known ns
tho evening primrose, which grows to
a height of Ilvo or six feet, nnd bears
a profusion of large, yellow (lowers, so
brilliant tuat they attract Immediate
attention, even at a great distance
But the chief peculiarity about the
plant Is the fact that the flowers,
wblch open Just before sunset, burst
Into bloom so suddc'uly that they glvq
one the Impression of some ninglca,!
agency, A. man who has seen. till audi
den blooming says It Is Just us If sonio
one had touched the hitul with a wand,
and thus coverod It all at ouco with a,
golden sheet ' t "
A woman likes to-lmvo everybody-say
ehe Is young looking and ls-it member
of an old family.' 1 !'
Nothing Is more detestable than th
prejudices of other people.
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THE CIIURr.ll AND POLITICS.
Br Rtr. dearie W- Stone.
The line between things secu
lar and things religious Is too
ihsrply drawn in these days. If
a man Is to be truly religious, Ira
must exercise his power conscl
tnloualr In every department of
LZirS I life. He must be loyal and ode-
fa'lent to his Impulses in the discharge of
hi duties as a citizen, He must do thla
If he would be truly faithful to his
chath. It la because men have created
tU artificial line referred to that we
have bad laws, Incompetent and corrupt
administration. The smaller the govern
mental division the more likely we are
to find evil conditions. Municipal ad
ministration, as a rule. Is the worst. The
Interest In national elections Is atwaya
greater than In any other, while tbe inter
eat In municipal elections Is generally the
least of all. It la because of this that
we have usually more incompetent ad
ministration In municipal government
than elsewhere.
We must not be afraid of that word
politics. Do not consent to the ruin of
this word. The "boss system" Is not poli
tics. Politics is authoritatively defined
as "the science of government" We
have no more right to call this conspiracy
against the freedom of tbe people known
as the "boss system" politics than we
have to call common, stupid lying by tbe
name of diplomacy. The remedy for
bosslsm Is to be found only lo the hearty
and Intelligent co-opcratlon of men of all
parties and of no parties In the work of
destruction. This, I Insist, Is pre-eminently
a religious duty. If the church
has not enough influence to make us jier
form this duty, then there Is something
radically wrong wltji the church.
There Is a world of difference between
a leader and a boss. The leader says,
"come on," the boss says, "go on;" the
leader consults, the boss dictates; the
lender serves the people, tbe boss tyran
nizes the people; the leader plans, the
lioss schemes; tbe leader works In day
light, the boss In darkness.
Let each church have its 'men's good
government club," with meetings on a
weekday, committed o the work of pre
paring the spiritual soil of the parish by
redeeming it from the noxious weeds of
flee, crime and all unlawful acts and
deeds that hinder th progress of Justice
and righteousness.
STORM AND STRESS OF LIFL
Br ler. Tbomms B. Crttory.
To the question: "la Life
Worth Living?" the overwhelm
ing majority of men. If they
were sincere, would be obliged
to answer, "Nor They would
be forced to reply that to tbem
life waa a burden, the gift not of
love, but of hate. This storm and stress
Is felt on every hand. Humanity Is
tboronghly tired out and exhausted.
Looking at the life of the average mor
tal In the centers of modern activity, we
cannot miss seeing the fact that It Is bat
a ceaseless round of strain and worry.
Does such man find any time for pleas
ure? And time for self-Improvement?
And time for the proper enjoyment of
the life that has been given to him?
No! Every hour and minute, when he,
Is not asleep, he Is tolling like a convict
under the lash of the prison boss. And
this 1s life the life of the average
"American citizen" tbe life of the great
majority of the nten who have built up
the colossal wealth of this great country!
This man, maybe, baa a family; but he
la too tired to pay much attentiou to wife
and children. He has no time for recrea
tion and personal Improvement! Happi
ness for the eye, the ear, the mind beau
ty, of field and gallery; music, books, the
thoughts of the great and good of all
ages!
Are these things of no consequence?
Character, manhood. Intellectual exulta
tion, the perception of natural and moral
beauty, and the aerene Joy that Hows
from these things are they fit for uoth
Ing but to be hove over among the rub
bish? These things constitute life. To
know these things Is to lire; and the hu
man being who does not know them does
not live.
Eight hours out of the twenty-four Is
long enough for any human being to toll.
And for those eight hours the toller
should be paid the wages which will en-
VICTOR EMMANUEL OF ITALY"
lie Would Hare the Armaments ot
Knrope Ketluced.
King Victor Emmanuel HI, of Italy,
who I following In the footsteps of
the Russian Czar In an endeavor to
have tbe armaments
of Europe reduced,
Is tho youngest
among tbe great
sovereigns of Eu
rope. Since his ac
cession to the throne
two year ago, tqion
tbe tragic death of
bis father. King
Humbert, who was
assassinated by an
xiko or Italy anarchist, be bas
given evidence of great ability and ot
deep solicitude for the welfare of his
subjects. Finding tbe finances of bis
kingdom In bad condition, be set an
example to bis people and ministers by
Instituting reforms In his own house
bold. He began by cutting off all un
necessary expeuscs and regulating ev
erything according to rigid economy.
His zeal and enthusiasm reacted upon
the government, and now tbe finances
of Italy, while far from being all that
could be desired, are In much better
shape than at any previous time In re
cent years.
In bis babtta and tastes King Victor
Emmanuel Is democratic and loves to
travel Incognito among Ills subjects.'
His Queen Consort, Helene of Monte
negro, bas grown In popular favor since
her marriage lu 1800. She Is not extra
vagant and readily accommodates her
self (o her husband's Ideas. The King
Is only 83 years old, having been born
In 1800, so that lu the ordinary course
of event he ought to seo Italy, If pres
ent progress Is maintained, prosperous
and contented. ,
CONVERTIBLE PASSENGER CAR.
Beats with Movable Dock Are Made
Into Couches.
The discomfort of riding at night In a
half-sitting and half-reclining posture
lu a railroad car Is an uncomfortable
situation which many have passed
through nt some,tme lu their life, tot.
..i.i -i- ..(....- L .. -'
ItllllUUBU -IUAUI1UUD' Bltei'lUg IUIB OKU
now provided on all railroads, many
people feel that they cannot afford to
pay the rater, and so are compelled to
I Tl Thi, Una U.ui, lM,r. .ortl- I' TTJBl'l IIwYVI '! AkgrKtSTllJI'A I
able him to sleep In peace for eight hours
and to spend tho remaining third of tha
day In living.
It it a blasphemy upon us that we
should be so busy "making a living" that
we have no time left In which to live.
Merchandise Is a great thing, but man
hood Is a greater, and It Is high time that
manhood bad received some alight recog
nition. WOMAN'S FUTURE WORK.
r tlliMbet Ctdr Sltnten.
In the future the
women will be the
barbers and hair
dressers, the doc
tors and the dent
ists. I think tbey
will drive men out
of the pulpits be
cause women are
much better fitted
than men to be the
lilt. STA!tTO!T.
moral teachera of the race. Up to the
present time men have done all the
preaching and all the voting and all the
lawmaking, and tbey have made such a
deplorable failure of all three that wom
en have been obliged to tend them a
band. This Is still a masculine civiliza
tion, but not nearly aa much ao aa It used
to be.
The reason why women are poshing
men out Into the trades and professions
Is that there Is less work to be done at
home than there formerly was. I can
remember In my young daya, more than
sixty years ago, how busy women used
to be In the kitchen. Once or twice a
year a con pie of fat hogs would be killed
and dragged Into the kitchen to be cot
up and salted away In barrels and Jars.
We had to mold candles, knit atocklngs,
preserve frnlt, spin yarn and string dried
apples. The work has gone out of the
home, and all women who do not wish to
be Idle and useless have pnt on their hats
and gone after It
OPPORTUNITY IN BANKING.
Br Lrama J. 6gt.
There was never
a greater demand
for capable men In
banking circles
than there Is at the
present time. The
demand la much
greeter than tbe
supply, and Is con
stantly Increasing.
Any capable man
can procure a good
position at a good
t J. GAOE.
salary. But he must have ahown his ca
pabilities before he will be Intrusted with
the handling of tbe manifold duties that
devolve upon the beads of any of our
great financial Institutions.
The young bank clerk may have a bril
liant future before him If he will bat lend
his energies to mastering the Intricate
details of the banking business, and ao
fit himself for a position of trust If he
but proves himself worthy he will experi
ence no trouble In securing a position
that will pay him a salary of 115,000 a
year or more. It Is men who are worth
such salaries as this who are being looked
for. and tbe supply la not great enough
to meet tbe demand.
CONCENTRATION ESSENTIAL
Br loots Stent.
The requisite quality that
makes for success In life un
doubtedly varies with the voca
tion in life that a man follows.
Tbe good soldier Is not of neces
sity tbe good lawyer, nor Is tbe
good business man of necessity a
good diplomat Every walk of life re
quires different qualities to Insure suc
cess; but one quality is essential to all,
and that is concentration of effort The
ride In the ordinary coaches. 'With tbe
Idea of lessening this discomfort to tba
minimum, Thomas O. Potter, of Dead
wood, 8. D bas designed the combina
tion passenger car and sleeper shown In
the accompanying Illustration.
When the seats are to be utilized for
day riders they do. not appear to bo
different from those of the ordinary
passenger car, provision being made to
reverse them In the usual manner when
the car is running In either direction.
When tbe coacb Is ou night trips, how
ever, arrangement Is made for bridging
the space between the seats to form
couches. Thus an ordinary passenger
enr having scats with movable backs
can be readily converted Into a sleeper
BllOWIIta THE BACK LOWEBED TO rOIUt
THE COVCU.
with couches filling the space which Is
occupied by any two contiguous seats
and their backs.
In tbe new Invention the solid tilting
bar to wblch the back of tho scat Is
rigidly attached Is replaced by a Blotted,
bar, A separate bar la secured tq the
back, and the connection between this
and the slotted bar Is & bolt, having
a screw head which forms a clamp
for holding tbo two In either position.
Wbcu the clamp Is released tbe back
ot tho scat drops down to tbe level of
the bottom, the slotted bar resting In
tbe book at tbe side ot tbe seat to sup
port tbo weight
HIGH PRICE FOR A WELL.
Mexican, State Offera 9)8,OQO and Prlr-
IIckc to Man Who Can Dlat It,
'A golden opportunity Is offered ta
American well drillers. Andrew D.
Barlow, United State consul general
at tho City of Mexico, bo Jiujt for
jljjj p
young man entering upon a business ca
reer needs thla- quality It Is the on thing
without which be cannot sop to be
successful business man.
There Is a crisis In every nun's life
when lie Is called upon to make a wo
mentoua choice between the road to suc
cess and that leading to failure. He la
like a man walking along a straight road
who unexpectedly encounter a fork In
the pathway Here three roads diverge.
The center one, that most frequently tak
en, leads to mediocrity. Of tho other two,
one leads to success and the other td
failure; there la no finger post, and a
man's ilerlalnn ilpnends eiltlrelv upon his
own Intuition, This Intuition Is merely
the outcome of concentration. If a man
has devoted hi best efforts to the busi
ness he baa In hand, he possesses the
ability to make a wlsa choice; If not, he
la lost
No one can advise at the critical mo
mrnt If the Individual has earnestly
endeavored to master his business, and
haa acquired a thorough knowledge of
It, be la In a position to map out the
right course for himself; If not, no ad
vice can prove availing.
To auccced to-day. a man must possess
originality and perseverance; he must
master and understand himself and al
business and have stamina. Halt-heart-edness
In business only lesds to disap
pointment. To ancceed, a man must con
centrate bis thoughts and energies upon
hla work, and such concentration I
bound to bring Ita own reward.
MEN WOMEN ADMIRE.
n Lett Colin Ctmpbtll.
Above everything else a wom
an admire atrength In a man.
It may be strength of body she
will worship a Hercules with
the brain of a guinea pig; It may
be strength of Intellect she will
adore a savant with the body of
a gibbon monkey; It may be strength of
character; she will break her heart for
a politician or financier who la unswerv
ingly wrapped up In dreams of personal
advancement and who possesses no more
heart than an oyster.. But atrengti 'a
some form abe craves unceasingly. It Is
a hereditary Instinct that has been be
queathed to her through Eve'a flrat dis
appointment when Adam waa tried In
the balance and found wanting.
Women abhor cowarda and still moro
aneaks, though I regret to aay they often
endure cada in a way that belles their In
telligence and good taate. They hive
qnlte a pathetic desire to look np to men,
to feel men their superiors In strength of
body and of mind. In calmness of Judg
ment and clearness of Intellect Aid it Is
Indeed a pity that men often go out of
their way to destroy their most cherished
illusions.
Woman, secretly conscious of her own
physical weakness and lack of intellec
tual strength, demands strength from
man to make up for her deficlendea.
Even the strongest women, strong la
body and mind, well balanced aa Athens
herself, though they may shield and pro
tect ine weakness of tbe men tbey lore
and stoop to help them, will never do so
without a secret feeling of contempt
which Is destruction of all Ideals.
DUTY OF THE TEACilElt!
By Jter. J, l. Spatdtnt. B. D.
The test of llfo In any calling
Is Intelligence, efficiency and
moral stamina. These qualities
should be the test of the school.
Help us to courses of study
which produce these attributes.
Qlre us more true-hearted men
and women, and leas method. Let ns
continue to build character, the founda
tion of which U duty.
Our schools should maintain and pro
duce tbe rugged Independence of thought
and action of America's forefathers, and
eliminate time-serving diplomacy which
places individual security and prosperity
before permanent liberty and personal
Independence.
The future or rorto ilico, uuba and
tbe Philippines depends more upon their
teachers than upon the sword. Much haa
already been done; tbe future problem
is not to be solved by the army or tbe
nary, or both forces .combined. The
teacher and tbe home will solve the fu
ture problem of government In this conn-
try and in any new landa coming under
Ita flag.
warded a communication to tho Com
mercial Museum. It is tbe transla
tion of a proclamation Issued by tho
Acting Governor of tbe State of Oax
aca, Mexico. The decree announces that
a prize of $3,000 In Mexican currency
will be granted to tbe person or com
pany that within tbe next three years
shall drill and put Into working order
an artesian well In tbe City ot Oaxaca
or In tbe towns ot Xocblnllco and San
Felipe del Aqua and Faclenda do
Aqullcra.
Exemption from all local taxes will
be granted to thewe who undertake the
work from the date ot commencing Ik
and for tbe period of ten years there
after If results aro successful. Dur
ing the operations tbe company or per
sons engaged In the work, as also all
employes, will be exempt from all per
sonal taxes.
The property, possession of same and
use ot tbe artesian well will belong
exclusively to tbo persons to whom tbe
concessions are granted. In order to
obtain tbe concession a written appli
cation must be mado to the Qovemor
of Oaxaca.
The competition Is pen to American
drillers, and It Is expected that as a re
sult of tbe recent triumph ot Amerl-
lean engineers In obtaining coveted con
tracts for similar work, an American
will carry oft tbe prize.
Cooties Do tho Hard Work.
Tbo brunt of tbe bard labor In Ma
nila, as In many eastern cities. Is per
formed by tbe coolie class. This Is gen
erally an Ignorant but rather content
ed class. Tbey receive very low wages
and subsist upon what other people
would' throw away. They are Indolent
Unless driven by want of food, and
they bask In the sun like animals. One
of thovstrange and Interesting, sights
on any day In Manila is to witness tho
Coolies at their noonday siesta. They
sit about on tbelr bauuehos and quietly
puff tbelr pipes and appear but bait
awake. This Is always after tbey bars'
bad a full meal of rice and vegetable.
Tbe rest of tbe family always ex
pect a great deal from' tbe daughter
who marries and becomes rich by bus
bdnd Insurance. , .,, .
We are, always' glad to.gijt.PUt ot,a
crockery tpre, a.w r sirald Wt
breaking something