TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Tbcro oro no servants required In castles la the air. America, deemed It ft wine precaution to mnlulnln a tight hold oil hi loose change. These things are very easy to understand ..'lien you have lived somo time In America and Imre had experience with foreign visitor. All tliu world's n tinge, nnd all the men would like to bo uiattnco heroes, If all tbo offensive plays are to be egged, tho American hen must proceed to work over time. Prof. Wnllnco's Idea that the earth la at tho'ecntor of the unlverso does not surprlso lloston. When pcoplo become so wealthy that their children do not freckle, they may consider themselves autocrats. The man who nays what he believes nliout you Is almost as exasperating as the noonle who believe what he says. As both her husband and lover are dead, of course there Is nothing left for Mrs. Ilurdlck but to take a hand In elevating the stage. Tho man who whistles at his work may not realise It, but he Is the only cheerful man In the room after he has whistled for twenty minutes. Tho Czar says that we have the greatest country. Wo are gradually but surely bringing the rest of the world around to our own opinion. Captain Scott missed the south pole by 480 miles. And If he had gone 4 SO miles further he wouldn't have found (tiythlug but Ice, so what's the use? The Irony of fate Is Illustrated In the caso of the tramp who, after dodg ing work all Ills life, was run down and killed the other day by a "work" train. A man who wanted to euro his grip by thinking It away has been arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. This promises to be a very busy silly sea son. Mr. Wyndhani says the anomalies the most dltllcult things be has to deal with In freeing Ireland. He Is at pres ent huntlug for a serum to apply to them. The Canadian Parliament has declar ed for the prohibition of the Importa tion, manufacture and sale of elgnr ettea In the dominion. The colfln nail Is getting some bard blows Just now. America Is the place for an Ameri can boy, says Minister Bowcn. There Is room also for any number of good boys from other lands. Hut they, in turn, must become Americans If they would succeed. The American navy may perhaps be suffering with the diseases of Infancy, as an Irate German newspaper alleges. Fortunately for us, there Is hope In Infantile diseases, much more than as to the consequences of cirrhosis of the liver. One of the Joys oTfTiy life owes Its existence to an Industry that has risen a most to the dlcnltr of an art wttu out the recognition usually accorded to art. The Joy Is that of window gaxlug aud the art Is that of window decorating, says a writer In the Chi cago Tribune. To look at the modern shop windows Is to look at pictures that stimulate one's sense of the beau tiful much as tho painted bits of can vas do. Of course, real art Is disin terested, whereas the object of the window art Is arouse covetousness lu the breasts of beholders. Hut In a measure this art defeats Its own pur pose, for many who gate come to love art for art's sake and are able to elim inate the desire for possession from their admiration. Tho shop window of the past revelled but an Incon gruous group of crudely arranged arti cles, and the woman who beheld there the dress fabric that seemed best suit ed to her beauty had to exert her fancy In summoning up a OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS G herself arrayed lu the coveted goods. Hut now te merchant supplies both fabric and fancy and la able to hold a mirror up to feminine nature and to give to woman the gift of seeing her self as other will see her. Not enough praise has been bestowed upou the window artist, who. In his ability to hold the abstracted gaze and to divert the care laden mind. Is really one of the forces that make for the better- montiof the world. Sound Minds In Sound Bodies, OMMKNTING upon and commending the Intention of tho new Teachers' College to educate its matrle ulants lu the rules of health so that they may tin part the knowledge to their pupils, the editor of American Medicine says: It Is uot merely the tules of hygiene that are needed nor tho ordinary course In school physiology. I'ersoiutl hygleuc Is apllcd physiology, but a proper understanding of certain elemental truths of liuniau pttysioiogy must be acquired before they cau be applied. Knowledge of tho normal function of the body and the simple methods of kecptug them In healthy action Is the 0110 tiling that no educated porsou should be excused from possessing: yet most of our children reach maturity without parental or scholastic Instruction lu tho most oleuieutal matters of health ." It does seem tirange with all our educational progres that we are over the threshold of the twentieth century picture of Ipefore this addition to our school curriculum Is made. Her Women In France can obtain the right to wear trousers by paying to the government a tax of $10. The right cau be obtained In the United States. In several Instances, merely by mar riage, with the tax paid to the minis ter, In fee simple. Intellectual honesty Is worth more to a woman than skill on the piano or the mandolin, or the prettiest taste In poetry or millinery. Happy she who Is not ashamed of the plain yea and nay of her mludl She has not only a virtue, but also a fresh charm which will make her companionship agree able and desired when wiser folk are tiresome. .Doubtless It Is good to pre fer Shakespeare to modern fiction, but If one does not actually find "Hamlet as good reading as the latest novel. It does not help matters to pretent one does. A Beethoven sonata has been adjudged by the verdict of time a higher place than any ragtime melody Is likely to attain. Still that girl who assumes an admiration for Beethoven which she really feels only for the "coon song" advantages neither herself nor her friends. Honesty Is the path, and the only path, to growth. For faulty taste there are a hundred reme dies. For affected taste there It none. The woman who pretends to a con ventional enthusiasm suspects, and for good reason, the enthusiasm of others. Distrusting herself, she locks fast her doors against other suspicious char acters, and becomes Intellectually a re cluse. The honest mind has always new point of view. The owner of It may not write learned criticisms. but she has a bright word for an odd minute. She can talk well of hens or experience of life with a wholesome relish. She Is likely to have passed upon her that well-worn but flattering Judgment, "She Is Interesting!" The truth of the matter Is that the anarchists, the -lblllsts and people of the same views, no matter under what names they may figure, have not tried to do away with the despotic rulers of the world, but of the most liberal and the most enlightened, from the unfortunate empress that was killed In Switzerland to the murder of the ate President of the United States. To the gray and weary elders there Is solace In the thought that the young poets are forever renewing the race. Faithfully the peach tree blossoms and the birds come back and shako the boughs with song; spring 's green with hope, amid the dead leaves of a lingering winter, and not till these fall at their appointed season need we fear that poetry will perish In the hearts of men. A St Louis Judge has recently taken a stand that soould win for him the approbation of right feeling people all over the country. He has ruled that no children shall be permitted to re main In the courtroom during the progress of the divorce proceedings of their parents. The laxity In some courts on this question has been most reprehensible up to date. Children lose their Ideals soon enough without having them ruthlessly brushed aside by contact with the frailties of their own parents. The minds of many people have been turned In tuts direc tion recently by the examination of Marlon Burdlck as to the relations existing between her father and mother. , Accordlngto the published Interviews with Dr. Lorenz that Able gentleman was very much amazed by bis experi ence with our good President and with tbo various dignitaries whom he en countered at Washington, He remarks pleasantly that Mr, Itoosevelt remind ed blui strongly of "a policeman I met In Chicago," aud by this delicate com pliment be makes two good men happy. Certainly It Is no small merit to respmble a policeman, If the police man Is honorable and trustworthy, and no policeman can reasonably ob ject to a resemblance to a President of life United States, If the President fulfills the most popular expectations. But Dr. Lorcnz's amazement did not stop with tho meeting with Mr. Boose vtlt. Ho noticed that "one of the gentlemen present, a high dignitary, kept his hands concealed In his trou sers pocket, and another dignitary had placed his knee on a chair. That struck me us very surprising." Not at all. Tho second dignitary probably labored under the fear that Dr. I.oreuz, yielding to a professional Im pulse; might endeavor to pull his leg, whllo the first dignitary, having heard of the doctor's financial success in A party of 1,800 British emigrants left Liverpool recently, bound for the Northwest territories of Canada, where the fine wheat crops of recent years are proving a great attraction to set tlement. The members of the party are reported to be agriculturalists and artisans of an exceptionally high grade, provided with capital enough to establish themselves comfortally from the start A similar party of GOO has preceded tbem aud already secured homes in the Saskircuowan valley. These Imm'grants form but a handful as compared with the great army of settlers by which Canada ex pects to be Invaded this year. Immi gration to the Dmiulon has been In creasing rapidly cf recent years, but this summer It Is expected to surpass all records and to reach a figure that will compare respectably with the Im migration Into the United States. On the basis of figures secured from steamship companies whose boats en ter the Su Ln-vrence Blver, the Mon treal Dally Star recently estimated that the total Immigration up to Oct. 1 by that route would be 11-1,000, and possibly even greater. This does not Include settlers who come from or through the United States, of whom there were 40,000 last year, a figure that will Increase luis year to 100,000, the Canadians think. bert Spencer lu his "Essay on Education" put the query. "What knowledge Is of tne most worth r" forty years ago. and his answer slu uld be written In letters of gold on the walls of every schoolhuuse lu the laud: "As vigorous health Mid acfonipnuylng high spirits nre larger elements of hap piness than any other thin; whatsoever, the teaching how to maintain them Is a teaching that should yield In moiucut to no other Whatever." These words are as true to-day as when they were ut tered by the author of "Principles of Psychology." It was oue of the many illustrations of his wonderful perspicuity and deserves tbo earnest consideration of every educator, New York Press. Decay of Military Prestige. t N HIS chapter on "Militarism and Its Nemesis," the I late M. ltloch contends with eminent truth that the con I dltlous of war are such lu modern times thnt "uillltnry I life Is much less attractive than it was of old, and In the course of a few years will be even less attractive." The military profession does nut enjoy the privileges It ouce did: It Is loslug both Its prestige aud Its power lu most civilized lands. The complex requirements of modem life and the higher scale of living enjoined by. modern society, the larger emphasis placed upon the humanities in our day. upon intellectual attainments and rewards of Industrial and commercial enterprise all these thlugs nre turning the thoughts and ambitions of men awny from militarism nnd Its uncertain aud Inadequate couipensa Hons. Improvements lu war, eiigluery, the use of smoke less powder, dynamite guns aud other death-dealing ageu cles have Immensely increased the risks aud dangers of war without any compensating advantages lu the shape of added pay or glory. War has takeu upon Itself u clmt ictor more mechanical than knightly. Battles fought where men never come within miles of each other, where there Is no smoke aud no sound of bugles nor roll of drums, are tar less likely to give occasion for those feats of arms aud the valorous deeds of Individual men that till so large a part of the story of war In past ages. And stripped ot such accessories and seen in Its true aspect, in all Its hid eous reality, war must soon lose all the charm with which legend aud romance have Invested It. Appearing lu proper aspect as "hcU" on earth, and nothing less. It will be shunned as It ought to be by all civilized and enlightened men, and only remain at the last as a frightful dream, u horrid memory In the minds of the race. Leslie's Weekly. 0; Life in a Hut NE of the serious features of life in a rut is the fact that Judgment Is Impaired. Allowing the mind al ways to dwell upou one subject aud keening the at tention always fixed In one direction destroys the power to draw correct conclusions and leads to the adoption of distorted and peculiar Ideas. The sense 'of pro portion Is lost "They who always labor can havo no true Judgment," says Burke. Those who get deeply fixed In a rut almost always become more or less "queer" as they grow older. This Impairment of the Judgment and one sided way of looking at things lenlls to tho adoption of hobbles and weird mid extreme doctrines. This Is ouo of the reasons fur the prevalence of Isms and queer theories. restricted aud their lives run along a single channel by elm nee, they make an excursion outside of It, their knowledge of the country It so limited that they are apt to get lost, and either become mired lu somo bog of super stition or are takeu In by some community of fanatics. World's Work. DOME OTOniCQ OF HU8KIN. wwim. Science aKID iTvention It Btlll Feared Ills Parent When 11 V. forty Year Old. Ouo gels the Impression from reading of Itiisklu't curly years Unit he missed many uf the privileges of heallhy boy hood, When ho win n tiiiiu, ho mid n I ........ ..nl ,m. .In, imnii tint inuuntaliiilde. They passed a group of Kvor sliico telescopes woro Invented men, say n writer In tbo Strand Mil- "ttrouonicr hnvo been troubled In nxlnc. who wrrti engaged In rough Uiolr observation by the unsteadiness work with pickaxes. of tho nlr. Prof. H, P. I.ai.gley has "How I wish," said nusUlii. "I could Intcly pointed out n surprising method do what those men nre doing! I win of getting round Iho dlfllculty. o tun never allowed to do any work which shown, experimentally, that If lh nlr i.i i i ..i ..... l- In il lone lelescono lllho I vigorously Many of those who adopt them, even though successful ' nf aultaled. a qiilot liunge of slurs and In business or professional life, have lived so long In limit-1 ,, ... , ' -. ,, ...i,.,, otilootsi will h produced. Photo- ed or restricted channel. th.it their judgment In matter. M drowned: nor to box, because graphs of telescopic Images taken In outside becomes Impaired, lhelr views are narrow nnd WU , W11 iuw,d to fence, thl "Piwir to Justify l'rof. I..,........ ...... ....I ii i i.nniiiiiv' rnumimm. Sometime, when ho wa living with lu Brussels. Mnllne and other llel bis pnrent at Denmark Hill, ho would Kian towns, a novel method of not enjoy n surreptitious row on tho river. only getting rid of snioty'. but turning "I used to be told," says the same com-' it Into use. Im recently been employ panlon, "not to let hit father and nmth- ed. Tho suioko I driven by a vonill or know where he had gone." Ituskln allng fan Into a tutor tilled with porous wn then In the fortle. material, over which a continuum It Is cosy to read here a woinnii' dream nf petroleum, benzine, alcohol fears and prejudice and domination. ' 0r onio liquid hydrocarbon How. The Ituskln was always, quite properly, ' result Is that tho mnoke Is entirely sup under his mother' control: but It Is preed, while tliu tiller yields a git possible that If he had had the outlet uf great calorific power, which can of reasonable athletic his destructive ,0 used for heating purpose mid fur moods would have been less marked. ' driving ga-ongliic. The Itllf ring ma G Noise. In tho City nnd Country. ONSlDEltlNl) tho comiiiercjjil valuo ot comfort ant tho tendency to do away with friction wherever poa slble. It Is a matter of surprise that eotiiiuunltlc especially big cltles-do uot eudeavor to suppress un necessary noise. It Is true that a step forward has been made lu the way of asphalted pavements and rubber tires, but thl I only a step. We still have the unspeakable screech of the trol ley, tho slipping or Iron-shod homes upon rails and smooth worn stones, the clnngliig of-futile gougs, tho luevltabte barrel-orpin grinding out piano passages lu fortissimo at wrong tempo and one-eighth off the key. Wo still have the church bell so perversely discordant that even the orthodox begin to doubt the sanctity of wild alarm a a prelude to the service of tho Lord. All these wo have, and more. The country Is uo more sacred thau tho town. Tbo scream of tbo factory whistle finds an echo In the scream of tho locomotive. The wounded air Is rent momently, and the nervous mail stop his ears aud gives up n fraction of vitality, and works on under tho unnecessary handicap; aud the nervous woman, In her patient way, tries uot to hear and inso works on. The well people try to get used to It, mid the sick give an extra moan and turn ou their hot pillows. And ou go the noises! Philadelphia Public Ledger. Tho Snvinq Workman a Capitalist. THE worklnguiuti who Is a savings bank deposltot Is In u very real sense a proprietor. His money Is used to build aud extend railroad and factory plants precisely as It would be If he were a shareholder. 1,'sually, he could uot very well become a share holder, for while hi savings bank will accept deposit from $1 up. he would have to put by $100 In-fore ho could buy even a single sharo of stock exposed all the time to the temptiitlou to spend the money. If It be objected that ho receives but three and one-half per cent. Interest from bis savings batik, while choice Industrial preferred stock would yield him twice that amount, tho ausuer Is that ou the average and as a class savings bank depositors get as high an Interest return at Investors In corporate shares. It is the theory of savings bank laws that the wage earner must be absolutely sure of his principal. For that reason the tauge ot saviugs banks Investments Is strictly limited. He could have no such security lu any capital stock In vestments. Involving a loss which he could 111 afford to boar. Now York Times. The Poising of Steam. INCH by luch the field Is contested, nnd slowly, sullenly, the locomotive Is giving way before the Insistent trolley. A dozen years ago It was only the car homo aud cable lu the towns that were threatened by electric traction, then the trolley poked an Inquiring teutaclo over the city limits Into the suburbs. The results were satisfactory, and swiftly the electric lines Hung their spider filaments from town to town, until now -;rent sectlous of the couutry are cobwebbed with them. The trolley map of eastern Massa chusetts looks as complete as the steam railroad map. If you have a little time to spare you can go on an electric car to almost any part of southern New England that you could reach by a locomotive, and to a good many parts that you could not McClure's Magazine. HE PREPARED FOR BURQLARS. lie Had on Inzenloui Phonograph A r- rinscuieiit to t cure Tbem Away. I bad been keeping bachelor's ball while my wife was away," sadly re marked the man whose wife bad been In the country. "Of course. It was generally late when I turned In al night, and, as we had been a good deal worried by sneak thieves In my part of the city, I was afraid they might make a raid during my absence. So I set my wits to work. First I rented a phonograph with a megaphone at tachmcnt. Then I got a husky-voiced friend to talk Into the machine. His talk, which was delivered at the top of his voice, was mostly about calling the police, having the drop on some one, tiring a revolver, and other con vernation calculated to make a burglar think be bad gone against the real game. "After I bad the phonograph nicely loaded I mado a test of It I'm free to confess that burglar who beard It Some of the would bo worse frightened than If he newcomers will stay In the eastern stumbled on to a reserve tfquad of nrovlnces. and more will ston In Man- policemen. Itoba. but by far the larger Dart will I put the loauoa puonograpu up in go direct to tho Northwest territories, our flat, nnd connected It with strings and if the estimates are not greatly and wires so that If any oue who didn't exaggerated It Is within the range of ' know Just how to work the comblna posslbllltles that ibe population of ! tlon tried to force any of the doors those terrltorIcs-100.000 In 1001-mav he would start the machlno on Its be almost doubled. line of strong-arm conversation. I I figured that no burglar would wait to " Unauthorized." I nee what the man with tne nuslcy It was In the state department of a voice would actually do. No, that great monarchy. burglar would have Immediate busl- A messenger bad Just arrived wltb ucss lu the street Our apartments dispatches. were safe, noi I felt mighty proud of The frowulne monarch danced nn mv neat little contrivance, grlly over them ond threw them aside. I "Maybe one or more burglars went "Nothing doing," ne remarKeu. against my puonograpu proiecuou Then be hurriedly wrote a few words game; If they did they fled without on a paper and handed It to the messenger. Get that off at once, and be Man- kety-blanked quick about It," be re marked. The messenger glanced at the writ ten words as soon as bo was out of the room. Which Is a way with' messengers. The message was as follows leavlug any traces. But about a week my wife decided to return, nnd Inci dentally to bring her mother with her, Sho didn't Intend to reach the city until late In tho evening, so sent me a telegram addressed to our apart ments Instead of at my otllce. Of course, fate willed It that I should dine at a restaurant aud go direct from there to tho theater, not reaching "If you dou't do some unauthorized , borne until late. bombarding right away 111 fire the last' la 1,10 meantime my wire arrivcu limb of you. Get busy."-Baltlmore al '" " American. 1 "icet llt' " ",10 liad ''cr be nnd luougut me icicgruuj uuu uiissuu iuu. Not Worth Buch Outlay, 'There goes my pearl necklace Into the wash basin and down luto the trap! Send for the plumber at once, my dear." "I guess not! Not for one pearl neck la eel" Life. Small Hydrogen Atom. The hydrogen atom has hitherto been considered the smallest particle of matter, but the Incandescent par ticles In the vacuum of a Crooks tube are but one-thousandth at large. that didn't worry her much. Acconv panled by her mother she went home In a cab, took out her key, and start ed to enter our apartments. Bight at this point the trouble In largo quan tities broke out, "The key didn't work very well, and she must havo given tho door a little shake. That started the loaded burglar-protection phonograph. In au In stant tbcro was a roar: "Tolled Police! Get out of here or I'll shoot Thieves! Murder!" "It was enough to give any woman the fright of bcr life. My wife had good pluck, though, nnd didn't faint, although I'm certain she v ild If she had not bad her mother with her, whom she felt sbc must protect Some how they managed to get down tho stairs and arouse the Janitor. And nil the time the roaring phonograph was letting out a series of threats calr-ilat ed to curdlo the blood of tho bravest burglar, let alone two frightened women. "The Janitor, accompanied by a policeman wltb a drawn revolver. made nn Investigation and solved the mystery," continued the narrator, ac cording, to tho New York Times. "They thought it was a big Joke. In fact, It was their Jovial attitude Hint gave my wife and niother-Iu-law their suspicions. When I finally reached home that night I found them In a half hysterical state, and nn Iceberg would have been warm compared with the greeting I received. "There Is still somewhat of a chilly atmosphere In tbe household." PAYINQ THE DOCTOa Snperatltlon Differently Affected Two 1'atlent. "Nothing Is more curious than the dlf- fer Cut Ideas people have about owing tbe doctor," remarked a good-looking, middle-aged physician, according to tbe Detroit Free Press. "Only to-day I encountered two singular manifesta tions of what might be called 'supersti tions' concerning sickness. At one bouse the lady who was In bed murmured to her husband: " 'John, pay tbe doctor before he goes; you know bow I feel about that, I nm always sick longer If we let a doctor's bill run on.' 'Although I ridiculed tho Idea, tbe sick woman persisted, and the little debt was discharged ou the spot. In tho evening a highly uervous lady of cheer ful spirits a business woman came bustling Into my office and ejaculated: ' 'Ob, doctor, give mo something for fits quick. I'm dreadfully run down. I hear door-bells ring when they don't ring and I see black cats out of tbe cor ner of my eye when there are no cats of any kind In the bouse.' "I made out some sedative powders, and when 1 banded them to tho excit able patient she said: " 'I'm not going to pay for this medi cine, doctor. I've always noticed that when I don't owe you anything I'm suie to get sick. While I have a llltlo debt hanging over me I feel that I can't af ford to collapse until It Is paid. You needn't laugh, doctor; It Is so. I'm go ing to make a little bill now, and sec If I can't get rid of doorbells In my bead and black cats In my optic nerve.' "Tbeso are only specimen Instances," concluded tbe doctor. "The world Is full of people who have queer supersti tions about taking medicine and paying doctors' bills." SHE WAS 8LEEPY. Anitltlns Little Htrtet Car Comedy Without Word 4. It was late afternoon, and a Twentl eth street car was rolling away north ward. She was n charming maiden, with n big, Uuffy pompadour, sweet blue eyes and n picture bat of many convolutions. She read n little while, and then bcr head begun to droop. Tbe young man seated beside her lu-came first aware of this when the largo ostrich plume In her bat piny- ruity tlcKleil tils nose, provoking a sneeze. Several passengers smiled, and then tried to look a If they hidn't He tried to shift a Utile further away, but found himself wedged In too tight, He cast a side glance ut the maiden; her sleep was becoming sounder every minute. , After thnt tbe youth hnd a narrow escape every other rfecond, on the av erage. Now her head Inclined for ward, now lurched back, now swayed to the left, but with Invariable con stauey It finished these maneuvers by drooping lu his direction. Every body was staring, that wa tbo deuce of It, and the old lady opposite was plainly shocked. He tried' an occa sional wriggle without result, and to waken tho sleeper by any other meant wits out of the question) The climax was bound to come, aud It came. The maiden heaved a deep sigh, nnd her bead wobbled over so that the fluffy pompadour swept the young man's cheek and the ostrich plume blinded his vision; then It sank squarely down upon bis shoulder. Tbe passengers held their breath for a moment, und before n smile bad be come general tbe victim, scarlet In countenance, was out on the bnck plut- furm, and tbo pretty girl was glancing sleepily around In happy unconscious ness. Philadelphia Ledger. It was during his residence at Den-! terlal Itself also becomes n good com- mark llltl that lie wa iiiuilheliintUIng bustlhle. something or souicb,idy must souably. Tho member of the lloysl Society f Kdlnliureh were Interested, at n John," said bis mother, "you Inlk , TPni itioultnir. In tho niiiiounceineiit too much and you talk nonsense." ,,y jiessr. A. I). Shipley and Edwin "Yes. mother." Ituskln replied, a Wllsou of the discovery nf nil nppara humble as a little boy, and changed heretofore overlooked or neglect tbo subject. Cl!i Bt ,), t,aso of the mosquito' Ituskln win not afnild to admit lo wKHi wieri,,7 m eharaclerlsllc others biwlde hi mother that he was ilmmim f t tin t Insect may be pro wrong. In a lecture at Oxford when dlm TlB tHvWt examined wa Hit ho wa a Slnde professor. Sir William nni,1)lu,tf niacullpennls. and tho np ltlchinond defended the rmne which ,,,. t.0., r a slightly movable tho world hnd accorded to Mlehejan- m,v,,.d with a serle of well gelo and Itafael. Formely Ituskln had mrkpi w,t.,, , ttf wings nr.i denounced Michelangelo nnd wns not rnlsel nnd lowered, ranp acion a erli very well pleased with Kir William of rMgr4, -pi,, atrueture of tho np for presenting the other side. When Imrntl , described as very complex. Ituskln recovered from tho Illness ,,, tf iiiimU. lrulUcod. n. everybody which had cause him lo give up the kmv itri,mi.y ..rfecllve. 7 I II 1 1 1' JIlVllftTMJI 111 1(1, Oil M l I 111 III I tlreil. that he might till It again. Touched by this. Ituskln sent, asking If he might come down and dine with III former pupil, who wn delighted to have him. Al the clow of it pleas ant evening, Ituaklii said: "Willy, why did you make thnt vio lent attack upon me about Michelan gelo ?" Mr. Mai oul believe Hint lit some 'future time -be will not Hi a date for It wlreles telegraphy will become available for domestic nnd olllee use, thu performing the functions now al I lotted to the telephone, lie tins ill I ready made experiment which con 1 1 luce him Hint It will I-c possible, ullli l the aid of small mode!, or uiliiluturei. "Mr. Ituskln. liecnuse you bilked o( ,"""'" W . now eiecl nscn.c." replied Sir William. I ''J1 ", R "'f" lo "cn Meanwhile Mr. Hu-kln rust to go. ' luir.ii.mil message, from I10I1M' "You are quite right. Willy." he said, lu hi candid wny. "It was nonsense." Sweden Is said to havo tho lowest death rate of any civilized nation. Dur ing the Inst ten j cars the nuiiiiiil aver age lias been only HI.4U per thousand. the luteror of room which can be received lu oilier room lu the same city, or In neighboring towns The wall of the Iioimci will form no ob stacle, but one of the chief problem will be Hint of a proper attuning of His Instruments to prevent Interference of unves. and to secure privacy for Iho messages. lu the ueiv Sluiplon tunnel under the Alps, which will be by far the great est tunnel In the world, having n length of fourteen miles, and which. A fence nearly two hundred feet long n . uow reported, will be completed at Livingston, Mont. Is made entirely i July, hnjj, the quantity of waler of horns of the elk more properly roll-' flowing out of the southern end. from ed wiiplll. These animals, like the otli-, thu many veins encountered lu the ers of the d or family, shed their horns u-art of the mountain, amount to once a yiariind grow new ones. The old i.vxw gallon per mluiite. and iwe Horn are round in large nuiiiner lu lint nuiiea suilleleiit power lo compress thu forests, aud are used for vnrlous com- air by which the drills are worked, merclal puriose. and to refrigerate the tunnel. Tho The old notions of phrenology have necessity of refrigeration may be Judg been dispelled nnd n new sytteiu of lo- d from the fact that the heat In Urn Gounod the Man. Gounod wus ouo of tho most fasci nating men I have ever met His manner bad a charm that, was Irresist ible, and bis kindly eyes, as soft and molting as a woman's, would light up with a smile now tender, uow humor ous, that fixed I -elf Ineffaceably upon tho memory, lie could speak English fairly well, but preferred his own laugiiiige, lu which bo wat a brilliant conversationalist; and bo could uso 10 advantage a fund of keen, ready wit, cnllzatlon has been established. Tho localities In certain parts of the brain mean leg, arm, speech, and to detlultu are they that a skillful expert can often times get nt, and by trepanning, remove the cause of paralysis of one or another of Iho muscles or faculties. There Is au extraordinary old mnii nt present living lu Itussla, In the vll lage of Marewka, lu the government of Smolensk, known as "Swct" Slulp. He wn-i born In Mny, 177.1, and Is, there fore, 127 years old. He has never been 111, and Is able to walk each Sunday two versts to tbe village church. He also does work at Hie Sehloos, knits stock ings and win vex sar.dats, American tourists abroad often com ment upon the literal translation luto English of notices In foreign languagcx, The well-meant efforts of landlords and others to convey, lu the language of tho visitor, the meaning of the native, often produce laughable result. A Washing ton citizen founi) this notice posted In his room In au Alpine hotel: "Misters, tho venerable voyiigers arc earnestly re quested not to take clothes of the bed to see the sun rise for tbo color changes." The fifteen principal causes of death, with Iho rate per one thousand, as made. public by tbe census bureau, Is ns fol lows: Pneumonia, 101.0; consumption, 101.6; heart disease, 131; diarrheal dis eases, 8.1.1; kidney discuses, 88.7; apo plexy, Wl.ll; cancer, CO; old age, SI; bron chitis, -18.3; cholera Infantum, 47.8; de bility, 45.0; Inflammation of brulu and meiilnge, 41.8; diphtheria, 31.4; typhoid, 33.8, and premature birth, 33.7, Death from all principal causes shows a do crease since 1800, the must notable being consumption, which shows a decrease of S4.0 per one hundred thousand. Much Interest bus been awakened by thu alleged discovery of small squids, miniature representatives of Hie terri ble devil-fish of tbe ocean, In Onondaga Lake, urar Syracuse, N, Y. Prof, John D. Wilson and others havo pronounced deeper pnrts uf tbe tunnel rises n high a 140 degreo Fahrenheit when not artificially reduced. Life would bo Impossible III the tunnel, where 4,000 workmen labor. If a successful system of refrigeration had nm been devised. When a continuous hole through the mouiilaln has been iimde, the temperntiire can more i-anlly Im kept down. Two-thirds of the work was completed last July, and the great est obstacles havo now been overcome. Know What .Mnii ('ail Ho. A story of James II. Ends, the engi neer of tlie great bridge nt St. l-nul. points lo the kind of spirit that was In him, which did far more than, his tech nical skill to make him n great man. The story Is told by Colonel Frank A. Montgomery In "Iteinlnlsccuces of a Mlsslsslpplaii." When Ends was presenting to tho committee of tho llnusu tho plans which he had devised for rendering permanent the channel nf the Missis sippi Itlver, there wns on the commit tee n man named Jones, from n moun tain district lu Kentucky. This man, whose presence lu Con gress, not to say n this committee, was ono of tho many unexplained mys teries of American politics, continual ly Interrupted Ends with foolish ques tions, and annoyed n man who wus bent on giving to thu committee tho best of his knowledge. Presently ho snlil, "('iiptuln End, do you believe It possible to control tint waters of the Mississippi Itlver ro as to prevent overflows'" Eads looked nt liliu u moment mid then said: "I should luiv.ii gre.it contempt for the human inliul If I did nut ln-llcve it could do It." Thnt speech had lu It much of tho American faith In the ability or man to do what has not been done before, a faith that lu this case gnve us n great work by which nil the pcoplo of Iho Union have been lieueiiteil, fur r-.." ":V .. " . ? " " r'r' prosperity lo tbo delta of n,e Missis- tho discovery has brought out accm.ntB 1 " ' .,mH """"" l""li'.lly ' my ... I .,...1- .1 1 1 I.. Ol previoun iiiiuq ui me biiiiiu kiiiu iii Quaker Purnphi-.tpiM, A now book on Nr.ntuclu-t couhiliiH the lake. Prof, John M, Clarke suggests that the animals may he descended from nncestors which entered Hie lako somo stories thnt are well known In when It was In communication with thu lovers of tho good old town, but mny sea by way of Hie St Lawrence valley, not havo been widely lepwiti-d. On. and Hint their kind tins been enabled of them hangs ou tin (Ju.iker custom to survive amid such strange surround- of numbering thu months mid Hie d.ij.s lug ou account of the salinity of tho of thu week Instead nf using the pin bottom waters of tho lake, which are fimo mythological names, He was at this lime Influenced by a In contact with tho rocks from which - A Quaker schoolmaster net llils cony recrudescence that religious inystl- the Syracuse salt works derive their on tbe blackboard for his wrltlni clsm which bad strongly characterized supply. class; his youthful career; but his tone, .... rT. "Beauty fnileth soon, though earn ' and ''loughtful when L, " 1 . " . . . , , ' 0,1 ' r'lku U month." bo was dwelling upon his art, could,'"0 Information ' women folks can ,t .,, proi,,,!, tm, ,,. ,,, ...,., ...i.i. is. ii-i iret out of h ill bv iiniilv nir iiueu. , ... . ... ..". '' urigiueii uy in immuess aim " " i i.i i , reiiu lu ins seiiui.rH nliout Itohllixon gaiety or a iruo i-armian. wentury. Tbe Bulging Foreheads nro pnyliig a lot of attention to tho race problem, Hons that nre answered with u "yes" or Crllsou ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, ,,, lMy , , I If a man U n church liieiiilnr, his rep In novels the hero soinellniii. marries ntntinn for in.wiiv i ..t.. while a more puzzling question, tbe kin money, but lu renl life u limn ninrrles t.ry ,UU) ,lu) vvolm,n uniulieis Inild a problem, remains unsolved. kin. mile,