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Onlr manufactured doubti are ad
yertiscd. Nothing ipolU tlie life like Urine for
tlio tpolli.
But why shouldn't a political con'
tract bo called a "retaining wall?"
The fnct that women vote In Utah
doesn't seem to make them ospecjally
domineering. '
The so-called overcrowded profes
sions are overcrowded as to the steps
and platform rnther than the Inside.
The man who Intends to roll to the
north pole may he fairly classed as the
highest roller In the business If he
gets there.
Lieutenant Peary has decided to
postpone his Arctic trip for a year.
Another winter hero like the last will
settle htm.
The life of a battleship Is said to be
fifteen years. Even an Iron constitu
tion Is not proof ngalst the roving and
dissipated habits of a battleship.
The London reading public Is de
manding shorter novels. The American
reader docs not mind the lensth so
much, but would like some better nor
lis. Now the nonconformists have a
squabble of their own, and, like all
family feuds. It Is a trifle more bitter
than the ordinary bickering between
sects.
We cannot understand how It Is that
scientists have discovered that the
Blerra Nevada Mountains are 3,000,000
years old and yet are puzzled In thcli
efforts to discover how old Ann Is.
A St Louis man has willed $2,000 a
year to his pet horse. Now If the horse
has found out bow to lire on 20 cents
a day he ought to be able to leave quite
a neat little sum to his relatives when
he dies.
It's awful hard to make a woman
understand that when ber husband has
had to sit up all night with a sick
friend It Is natural for him to throw
his watch os the floor and put his
shoes under the pillow.
A man who died a few days ago
willed $10,000 each to three women,
iny one of whom he would hare been
glad to marry If he had not feared the
other two would sue him for breach
of promise. There seems to hare been
a flrst-claas Mormon who went entire
ly to waste.
Strikes are becoming less frequent
Cspltal and labor recognize that bat
tles of endurance are disastrous and
both sides are inclined to make conces
sions to arold forced seasons of Idle
ness. Arbitration Is the key to the
situation. There Is every reason to
hope and to believe that within a few
years strikes will be practically un
heard of; at least that there will be
no great strikes.
A discussion In a London periodical,
touching the cause and cure of night
mare, brings out two Interesting but
exasperatingly inconsistent theories
that "the paralysis of nightmare Is
caused by too much bedclothes," and
that "the nightmare sense of fear and
difficulty is usually induced by cold,
and the cure is another blanket"
There Is, nevertheless, safety in the
contradictory opinions, for one one will
hare nightmare so long as be lies
awake debating whether to put on or
to take off a blanket
Misunderstanding between employer
and employed cannot continue many
years longer, for both parties are
striving to come to an understanding.
The old saying is true that a work well
begun is half done. One of the most
recent moves In the right direction was
taken when the committee of the Na
tional Civic Federation appointed to
consider plans for a "welfare depart
ment" for the promotion of the efforts
of employers to better the condition of
their employes decided to ask the em
ployers to co-operato with it in find
big the best plan.
It is noteworthy that out of Asia
came our alphabet and our Arabic nu
merals. The compass we owe to the
Chinese, who knew the magnetic nee
dle as early as the second century
A. D. Gunpowder originally came out
of Asia, and so did the art of printing
and the manufacture of paper. The
Chinese Invented movable types in the
middle of the eleventh century, 330
years before Gutenberg. They also
- made silks long before Europe, and
porcelain that has nerer been equaled
by Europe. Truly, Asia is the cradle
of the race. On the original ideas of
the Persians, the Arabians, the' Hin
doos and the Chinese our modern so
ciety has been built
A legal publication has gathered sta
tistics respecting the number of laws
passed during the year 11)03 by the
Legislatures of the States and Terri
tories. How many,, do you suppose?
Fourteen thousand, three hundred and
. ninety-four (14,301), And this does not
include the number of laws passed by
Congress. Of the making of laws In
this country there Is no end. Some
body, somewhere, is always at it Did
K- Blackstone realize when be said there
Is no wrong without Its legal remedy
what a floodgate he bad opeued? Ev
ery little legislator hss his bill in bis
Inside pocket How could be "make a
record" else? Suppose be should re
turn to bis constituents without bar
ing Introduced one bill! As a conse
quence the statute books of every State
are padded with all sorts of enact
ments. Frequently these laws cross
and criss-cross until their interpreta
tion is the despair of the courts. "Ig
norance of the law excuses no man."
And yet no man knows precisely and
'fully what the law is. What wonder
there should be lawlessness? Here is
the fundamental error: Men suppose
they can sprinkle Thou Shalt Not
through a book, bind It In sheepskin
and thus reform society. All history
prores the falsity of tbls supposition.
The shy little girl who buries her
face In her mother's skirts on the ap
proach of a stranger makes a charming
and picturesque figure; that same
child, becomo a young woman and suf
fering the agonies of dlQldcnce as a
wallflower at a party, Is an object for
pity. No woman can be unsympathet
ic with the sufferer If she has herself
once endured the miseries of self-conscious
shyness; the fesr of soclsl blun
ders, the sense of physical awkward
ness; the enry, detested yet cherished,
of the more easy and graceful friend;
the bitter apprehension that no one
will crer hare the desire to break
through the barrier of apparent cold
ness and discover the real woman. Vet
this shyness has Its root In a quality of
character both noble and serviceable
In that admiration of the admirable
which reaches to fear. The Germans
baro two words for fear Furcllt
which represents the fear of the cow
ard, and Ehrfurcht, which represents
the fear of the man already wise, as
he stands before his superior In wis
dom honor-fear. It may seem Idle to
try to overcome girlish dlflldcnce by
an ethical argument; but If once the
timid girl can bring herself to regard
the terrifying social group as simply
her lessons and examples, she may
gradually find her fear melting Into
admiration, and so Into a wholesome
Imitation. Social grace Is largely the
sclf-forgettlng ability to put oneself In
another's place. All the easy glre-and-take
which is the chief charm of the
husking In the country or the after
noon tea In the city Is the result not
of genius for conversation, but of prac
tice in the art of entertaining. That
art Is acquired with far less toll than
skill In playing the piano r In em
broidery or In cookery.
Not long ago 22,040 pounds of cot
ton raised In the African colonies ot
Germany were shipped to that coun
try. The small consignment was re
ceived enthusiastically by the cotton
spinners, who saw In It a promise of
greater things of the coming of the
day when they will be independent of
the American product The United
States began the cultivation ot cotton
on a small scale. A few bags shipped
to England 120 years ago were re
fused admission at the custom bouse
on the ground that the United States
could not produce so much cotton. Al
though the German colonics In east
and west Africa raise only a little cot
ton now they may be raising a good
deal a century hence. The German So
callsts are opposed to the colonial poli
cy of their country, but they are In
hearty sympathy with the experiment
of Introducing cotton growing in Af
rica. They are indifferent to the in
terests of the manufacturers, but they
are concerned about the operatives,
most of whom belong to the party.
The operations of the speculators In
cotton In this country have hurt the
men who earn their bread in German
factories. The Socialists resent that
and, like other Germans, wish to see
their country freed from Its depend
ence on the United States for cotton.
There Is no lack of land In other parts
of the world well adapted for the cul
tivation of cotton. There is a lack of
competent labor to do the cultivating.
It is the custom ot many cotton plant
ers In the South to complain of the In
efficiency of that black labor on which
they haTe to depend. The Germans
who are trying to grow cotton in Af
rica cannot get labor one-tenth so effi
cient and Intelligent as that to be
found In the Southern States. With
all his shortcomings, the American ne
gro Is a better worker In a cotton field
than any planter in Africa or Asia
can get to labor for him. Not until a
sufficient supply of Intelligent labor
can be procured will there be serious
rivalry with this country In the pro
duction ot cotton.
TUBERCULOSIS IN HENS.
Professor 8ays Disease la Prevalent on
Ranchee.
Now that his experiments with dis
eased fowls In California bare demon
strated the fact that tuberculosis Is one
of the most widely preralent diseases
In the poultry ranches ot the State,
Dr. Archibald II. Ward, veterinarian
of tbe University of California agri
cultural department, Is pursuing Inves
tigations to discover whether there Is
any relationship between this and bo
vine or human tuberculosis. Further
more, the consideration of the possible
significance of fowl tuberculosis has
awakened tbe desire to know whether
or not the deadly organisms arc pres
ent In the egg. Both these points are
vitally Important
Dr. Ward, although Just commenced
on the Investigations, has this to say
on tbo second point: "It appears to be
true that bens badly Infected do not
lay. In the thirty post-moitems of
tuberculosis bens that hare come un
der tbo writer's observation but one
ben contained nn egg. The thorough
cooking to which poultry Is subjected
renders rather remote the possible dan
ger ot human Infection by ingestion.
Careful observation to determine If
newly batched chicks suffer from tu
berculosis will throw light on tbo ques
tion of tubercle bacilli in eggt."
Owing to the fact that tuberculosis
In fowls seldom kills a sufficient num
ber of birds at one time to excite fear,
Its existence In a flock has come to be
regarded as a matter of course, and
has attracted little attention from the
owners. Under the conditions contain
ing In the poultry Industry in Califor
nia, Dr. Ward says that all the indi
viduals of an Infected flock must be
regarded as possible sources ot danger
to healthy birds. Taking advantage of
the experience In tbe control of tuber
culosis In cattle, be says that It will
be ensy to raise a flock of healthy
chickens, provided they are kept con
stantly from contact with diseased
birds or from land recently contami
nated with tuberculosis fowls. Since
the life of a fowl is so short he pre
dicts that such a procedure would re
sult in the eradication of tbe dlseasn In
three or four years. San Francisco
Chronicle.
One Egg; Will Keep Her,
If a hen lays an egg a week the year
through it will Just about pay for ber
feed, and every extra egg will yield a
profit
Opinions of
Heroes of Pence.
HE present war in the East, Uko all others
which have preceded It, v. 111 doubtless develop
t Its Individual heroes. Deeds
I ii tii,na nf -nt1tf 'sneh fin
between Husla and Japan hare a spectacular
fleet and attract attention and admiration en
tirely natural under the circumstance. Hut
let us not forget the heroes of peace who are always with
us. There have been some notable cases of heroism lately
outside of tho war roue, and tho Philadelphia Ledger ap
proprlately alludes to some of them:
"To charge up to the cannon's mouth with thousand
of comrades Is a small thing compared with going alon
Into a burning building, groping through the smoke up
stairs that cannot be seen and may be on fire, and search
ing an upper room for a person threatened with an awful
death. Five firemen stayed on the roof of a building In
Ualttmorc till the roof was about to fall In, and then hunt;
to the eavesgutter, swung themselves to a telephone poll
and slipped down to the earth.
The engineer who stands by his engine with a collision
Impending; the fireman who crawls Into an englno room
where a steam pipe has burst and shuts off the steam that
parboils him. and from which he does not always escape;
the man who steps out nlto the street In front of a run
away team, catches the bridle. Is dragged for a block, but
s'ops the horses ihcse and other heroes of everyday life
have not the support of- numbers and discipline, they can
rarely look forward to promotion and still more rarely to
monuments for tbclr rewards; but the men who wear the
Victoria Cross or the Iron Cross are not greater heroes.
A beginning has been made In London of the erection of
tablets not to the memory ot dead heroes of civil life, but
to record their names and acts while they are alive, and
while the respect and admiration of their fellow men may
be of some comfort to them. Every city ought to com
memorate upon the walls of Its public buildings the heroic
acts of Its cltlzents who, not being soldiers, are in danger
ot getting no more substantial recognition of their daring
and their sense ot duty than a few lines In the news
papers." There Is nothing grander or nobler than doing one's
duty and risking one's life under such conditions as these.
The honor and applause won by military heroes constitute
their Just due. but save something of approval for the
qulot fellows who do equally daring deeds wholly because
It Is part of their calling to Jeopardize their lives for others.
Troy Times.
The Cost of Living.
nERE Is food for thought for all classes of
society In the published results ot nn lnvestl-
H Igatlon at nine of the leading cities of the coun
ts. I , ... IntnrnnMnnnl f ii--n n H n tf-tttif-i
into the recent course and the tendency of In
dustrial wages, of rental values, of prices for
many essential articles of
The showing Is made and that at all but one of the renters
covered the average rate of wages remains practically sta
tlonary. with a weakening Midency In some Instances, the
significance of which Is driven In by statements that at
almost all the cities reported rents have shown a tendency
to adrance, and that many of the more Important food
products and staple fabrics are higher In price than a few
months ago or than a year ago. n
A further Increase In the cost of llrlng seems to be fore
shadowed by the results of the Inquiry as to bouse rents,
and food and clothing prices, when contrasted with what
seems to be a sharp check to further
and In some Instances n tendency to moderate reaction.
One may hardly Infer that rents, food
to cost more because of the areragc gain within a year of
perhaps 10 per cent in wages In many lines. Tho argument
for tho latter was based upon nn increased cost of living
that had already taken place. That tbe existing wage lere'
may not be long maintained In Its entirety seems a natural
inference from late refnials of railways to heed furtbe-
MA3AZINES OLD AND NEW.
Contrast Between Those of Fifty Years
Abo and Now.
The contrast between tbe American
magazines of fifty years ago and those
of to day Is so marked that it will Im
press tbe most careless reader. Take a
bound volume of Putnam's Magazine
from the shelves of a public library,
free It from Its layers of dust, turning
Its yellow pages, and, lo! you are con
fronted with some of the molt famous
names In the literature of tbe nine
teenth century. Contrast this treasury
of wit, humor, pathos and sentiment
embodied In tbe clearest of English
prose, In tbe most musical English
vers( with tbe current number of a
magazine ot to-day, and tbe unfavora
ble gulf between tbe two periods will
at once be apparent. The great names
of literature hare glren place to those
of men and women who hare gained
a passing notoriety through good or
bad fortune.
A successful Wall street broker is
traveling for health and pleasure and
in a mountainous country of Eastern
Europe Is captured by bandits. Tho
bandits, in a businesslike manner, de
mand $50,000 as a ransom; otherwise
the American traveler will return to
Ids sorrowing family and friends
minus his ears. Negotiations are en
tered Into with the outlaws and after
long delays, during which the bro
ker's precious ears are constantly
threatened, the money Is paid, and he
returns in an unmutllatcd condition to
his, office In Wall street But his ad
ventures bare made him a famous man
and magazine editors are clamorous
in tbelr demands that be shall tell tbe
story of bis capture and retention by
tbe bandits In his own way. Their or
dinary rates of payment shall not stand
in tbo way ot this much desired contri
bution; tho manuscript, If accompanied
by photographs of his eminent eurs,
will be paid for at bis own valuation.
The Wall street broker, being a man
of business, If not a man of letters,
writes the desired article or series of
articles, and receives In return u check
that satisfies even his own conception
of tbo value of his work. Ills eminent
ears are photo-engraved for tho public
edification, and all that can possibly
be made known of his perilous adven
tures Is given to tho waiting public.
Tho result Is doublc-dlstlllcd dullness,
presented in tbe most unattractlvo
form and without tho slightest natural
or acquired literary aptitude. But tho
editor believes that he has satisfied tho
curiosity of the readers of tbe mag
azine of which bo has control; from his
point of view, the lasting ralue ot the
article for which bo paid so high a
price does not enter into the question.
And when tho eminent ears of the
Wall street broker Jiave ceased to In
terest a fickle public tbe frost-bitten
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
of special bravery
thnt now ractiis
HI sight
1 ply of
I I. f
food and of clothing
stand In tbe way of
Increases In wages,
of seals would be
and clothing are
seals would be, even
and luxurious' coat,
HrnoKlyn Kngie.
nose of an arctic explorer may be used
as a substitute.
There can be no doubt that a famous
or notorious nnmc adds a seeming Im
portance and weight to a magazine
article, howerer lacking It may he
In Interest or attractiveness of treat
ment; and a contribution wbtch on
Its Intrinsic merits would be rejected
Is published If It bears the name ot
some celebrity of the hour. Of course,
readers nre primarily to blame for tbls
state of things. They yearn for namej
with which they nre familiar, and the
editors of regular magazines endeavor
to satisfy tbem as a mere matter of
business. Tbe question of literary
culture Is not considered cither In the
editorial rooms or by the purchasers
of the periodicals' of to-day. And It
must be admitted that tbo voice of a
foghorn carries farther than the most
dulcet notes of Pan's pipes.
INDIAN LEGEND.
How the ClilePs flquaw Found a New
Dish.
"One morning tho mighty hunter,
Woksls, bade his wife cook for his din
ner a choice bit of moose meat and
have It ready when the tall stick which
he stuck in the snowdrift should throw
Its shndovr to a certain point. Moqua
was a meek wife, so she promised to
obey, and well did she know her fnte
In case of failure. After her lord de
parted she hewed off the meat with
her sharpest stone knife, and filling an
earthen pot, or kokh, with snow for
melting, she bung It over tbe fire,
"Then she sat down to her em
broidery. It was her pride that Woksis,
her lordly husband, should sport the
gayest moccasins in the tribe, and
many hours did she spend every day
In working with bright colored porcu
pine quills. For no brnro In all that
country was so warlike ns Woksls, no
squaw so skilled in embroidery as
Moqua. As she worked on tho mocca
sins hours passed as minutes. She took
no note of time, so busy was she In
her labor of lore. Suddenly she heard
a startling noise, the bark string that
held the kokh suspended was burned
off, and a quenching, scattering explo
slon followed tlie overthrow of the pot.
"What could she do? There was no
water, tbe melted snow was gone, and
sbo must boll tbe moose meat before
her lord's return. It was growing lato,
there was no time to melt more snow,
so seizing a birch bucket of maple
water that was alwuys tapped In tho
spring for Its sweet flavor, sbo filled
tbe kokh anew aud bung it over"Mlic
mended Are. Into tt she popped the
moose meat, and set a cake of pounded
corn to bake on tbo slab before the
fire. Then she resumed her embroi
dery, In which the quills were both
needle and thread. She was working
th totem of ber race, tbo bear, so dif
appeals for adrances; from many Industrial shut-downs
as a substitute for wage reductions; front the outcome of
the New York building strikes; from tho Erlo Hallway
Company's appeal to Its employes to refrain from asking for
advances; from the tuurmurlngs which haro been heard
In big steel manufacturing districts, and last, but not lenst,
from tbo merits of tho argument of Western hlliiinlnoiii
coal miners In their explanation of trade conditions and
why they were Impelled to ask for a lower wage rate.
Considerations such as these. In a year which Is evident
ly to bo one of conrales enee after the financial shock ot
1003, founded upon an exhibit of prevailing tendencies bear
ing upon tho cost of living, should be well calculated to
appeal to tho conservatism of employer and employe.
Newark News.
fcnrlcssnoss, Courage, Bra cry,
T goes without sajlng that whatever positive
moral element there Is In courage comes not
from the absence of fear, but from Its pres
enco aud tho self-command exerted to over
come Its effects. Tbo normally constituted
man, except In moments of Irresponsible excite
ment. Is frightened by any danger that con
fronts him. This doos not necessarily mean that he Is
panic-stricken, but only that he Is conscious of the gravity
of the situation In which he finds himself. It Is then the
part of manhood for him to take himself In hand and re
press any demonstration of his fear which might react In
a demoralizing way upon himself. Tho courageous man
makes up bis mind that, no matter what comes, and no
matter what threatens, ho will keep cool and do the best
he can. He knows, when ho thinks It over calmly, that
his only hope rests In ncvor letting go of himself, but
being constantly In such a state of mind that he can take
advantage of any opening that offers. Tbr frequent ex
ertion of this self-control results In gradual hardening or
seasoning, so that, although bo never overcomes his fears.
It is progressively easier for him to nvold being overcome
by them.
The actually fearless man. If wo can Imaglno one. Is
not likely to be very highly organized, for a fine organism
means emotional susceptibility, and substantially all sav
ages are brave. Ho may bo a worthy enough person, but
more or less wooden. Ho must be classified In an exclu
slve category, since he possesses a trait of distinct value to
himself and his fellows, but devoid of any high mural qual
ity. As the auclent philosopher explained why tho gods
wished for nothing, by noting the fact that they had
already everything that heart could desire, so wo may say
that the fearless man deserves no special credit for tils
good conduct In the face of peril, because he Is uuder no
temptation to behave badly. Washington Post
Seals in LnKo Superior.
fMAN liiL-.ntiltr is tireless when a profit is In
Now' they propose to maintain tho sup
seal coats by breeding seals In Lake
1 .. .... nt Mnt annl. It.lVA 1 1 I,
nujurriyr. .10 n iimiti-i m m..... ...... - -
bred In fresh wnter. so that this transportation
from their natural habitat Is not Impoaslhlc
itnt there ro other considerations which
Its profit and of Its desirability. One
Is the climate. The ice in I.8K0 superior is sum 10 ur
heavier than salt water Ice, through which the Arctic seals
find their blow boles, and Incidentally enable the Esklmoi
to catch them aud secure their own dinners. Then If the
seals could live In iJike Superior It Is a question whether
...... ...... fnrm nf lift, n-mild Inn? survive them. A colony
worse than a fleet of fishermen that cov
ered the whole surface or that Inland sea. iney are gnu
tonous beasts, and they would respect no close season.
ti, n.l. nf T.fikn Rnnnrlor are more valuable than the
If seal culture there Is possible. The
seal has tne nroau raciuc lor nis own nun. nt- is u
..nA.inw tlmrn Init tils t I s.i nnpn rn npi. with his shiny
would not be an unmitigated calamity.
ferent from tbe wolves, eagles and tur
tles of other tribes.
"Dreaming of her husband s future
success In hunt nnd battle, the hours
passed by; tho shadow crept past tho
mark; the fire burned low; tho onco
Juicy meat vvns a shriveled morsel In
n mixture of gummy dnrk liquid. When
she saw this the frightened squaw ran
Into tbe bushes and hid herself from
the rage of her coming lord. After it
long nnd silent wnltlng she carefully
drew near tho enmp once more, and
what did sho see? There was Woksls
devouring tho morsel of moose meat,
and ber wonder was great when he de
liberately broke the earthen pot and
carefully licked out the last vestige of
her spoiled cooking.
"Sho forgot her fears and crlrd out
In surprise. When discovering her
Woksls said: 'Oh, Moqua. my wise
squaw, who taught thee such n marvel
of cooking? Was tho Great Spirit thy
instructor' With grcnt Joy ho em
braced ber, and In his sticky kiss she
tiisted tho first maplo sugar." Pitts
burg Gazette.
Why the I'lano Was There.
A stage bcrolno who happened nt
the samo time to be nn able executant
on the piano had to piny night after
night tho snuio pnrt at a popular
theater. Sbo anxiously longed to give
the audience a specimen of her music
al abilities, but her part In tho per
formance afforded no opportunity for
such n display of her powers. But her
Inventive genius came nobly to the
rescue and sho discovered n place In
tho action whero pianist and heroine
might go hand In hand.
When the curtain rose revealing the
desert of tho Black Mountains tho
spectators beheld, to their amazement,
a splendid piano placed nt tho foot of
the rocks. Tho heroine, with the haste
of one pursued, climbed down the
rocky pntli, stopped enraptured at the
sight of the piano and exclaimed:
"The savages have burned down our
cottage, murdered my father and
mother and driven away our cattle;
but, heaven bo praised they have left
mo my pla.no. Music shall comfort
mo In iny distress and, If the ladles
nnd gentlemen permit, I will play
them a short selection." London Tit-
Bits.
A atvcAwuy.
Tcss 01 that's your new hat, chl
Jess Yes, and such it bargain; only
$18. Whnt do you think? I dropped
ir to let Miss Grumlcy see It Just now,
und she pretended sho wasn't Inter
ested. Didn't even ask how much I
paid for It,
Tess No, dear, sho didn't have to.
You'ro forgotten to take off that tag
marked "$1.08." Philadelphia Press.
Necessity knows no law, aud It Is
generally too poor to interest lawyers.
THE OLD HOME.
Twns only a humid cottage,
Not fr from tlis village street!
But Hi" cool green meadow) Inclosed It,
Aud tli) tlowr brought fragrance
swtt.
The lilnl) In the roof) old thatrh)),
Th winds In th tall elm tree,
Th pathway that led to tli woodland),
Msil the happlvt horn for m.
Thru, no world bfjrond th meadows,
Disturbed my beautiful dreamt
My playmate) wr bird) and llowrr).
Aud w used to slug to th trant.
But now th) green inradowa hav) whi
ttled, Far, far to tli rolling ,
And I )ll away on It) bosom
From Hi home of my Infancy.
O lands nf crimson and purpl)!
O while-Jew 1rd cltlM s'rl
Y throb on tli rutl" oesn,
Yedasal lit Orlmt star;
But, oh! for Hi home of my chlldneod.
And my world of mtadnw aud
For th qiilt calm of tho old, old
daj
Ha foirr gon from m.
i David and Jonathan f
BT was remarked by their respect
ive nurses that nothing was mure
touching than th devotion of the
baby, David Smith, to tho baby. Jona
than Brown. If David possessed a
cake or a new toy. It was his great
delight to lay It at Jonathan's fret.
Jonathan accepted theso attention),
though with miiiic haughtiness and did
not return them, lie once gave David
n button, but after thinking the mat
ter over for alwut a week, decided to
ask for It back again and got It.
As boys at a private school, David s
devotion to Jonathan continued. Da
vid was tho more studious of the two
snd was able to usslst Jonathan In hi)
work.
At their public school David contin
ued his friendly caro for Jonathan.
Ho would take without a murmur pun
ishments that should have properly
come to Jonathan. He lent Jonathan
money. He exhorted Jonathan not to
smoke cigarettes because, as ho very
Jiutly observed. It was not right. I
am not certain that Jonathan was any
mor grateful now than ho had bu
In the days of their babyhood, but he
had at any rate now learned the pro
priety of expressing the gratitude
which ho did not feel.
"You are a good chap, David," he
said. "You've got mo out of no end
of a lot of messes."
The two young men went up to Ox
ford to the samo college. David bad
a scholarship, Jonathan had none. Da
vid habitually spoke of Jonathan as a
remarkably brilliant man until other
people aa nearly a polblo believed
It. David lent him a little moro
money. David took hi in .back to his
rooms, thereby avoiding catastrophe at
a time when, owing to inucn wine,
Jonathan's legs had refused their of
fice and he had expressed a wlah to
call on the master to Invite him to
take part In tbe California game of
"draw poker." There la not the leat
doubt that Jonathan owed much to
David, and the natural roult wa that
David was mora attached to Jonathan
than Jonathan was to David.
Then a tragedy happened. Jona
than Brown announced that In the
beautiful words of the Morning Post,
a marriage had been arranged and
would shortly take place between him
self and Miss Bertha Frieze. Now,
Miss Bertha Frieze wss the third
daughter of a local tobacconist. Hhe
was large and plump and comely, and
would have sooner flirted with an arch
bishop than not have flirted at all.
In rage and despair and an express
train Jonathan's papa and mamma
hurried off to Oxford. At any cost
hla terrible moalllance mint he pre
vented. For three days Jonathan's
papa bellowed as If he had been a bull
of Bashan. He bellowed at Mr.
Frieze, who was sulky, and at Bertha,
who was distinctly Impertinent, and
at his son, who was very superior,
and said that his father was doing
Just exactly what ho had expected,
and It would make no difference. His
mother wept and pleaded, and It was
all of no use. At the end of three days
she said to her huahand, "I shall go
around and see that very nice young
man. David David Smith who was
always such a friend of Jonathan's."
She saw David. She reminded him
of all that he had done for Jonathan
In the past, and assured blm that Jon
athan was not ungrateful. The time
had now come when David bad a
chance to render a service far greater.
She and her husband had douo what
they could, but neither persuasions nor
threats nor the moat liberal promises
to old Frieze nnd his daughter. Bertha,
had been of any effect. Could Mr.
Smith help them? Could ho do any
thing to save his friend from a life
time of misery? "Mrs. Brown," said
Smith, "you may depend upon me. I
will do my best If the thing can be
done It shall be done." He then went
out to buy two ounces of Latakla at
Frieze's little shop,
It took a good deal of effort, and'
much flattery and many presents. But
David was a better-looking man than
Jonathan and bad more money. The
time arrived at last when nil Oxford
knew that Bertha rrlezo had deliber
ately thrown over Jonathan Brown
and engaged herself to David Smith.
Jonathan's father and mother were
extremely grateful to David. Jona
than went to look for David with n
revolver, and luckily did not And him.
After his first burst nf fury bo con
tented himself with a sarcastic letter,
In which be told David that their ac
quaintance was at an end, Years hare
a wonderfully softening effect, and if
Jonathan meets David In the street
now he Is perfectly civil, But Jona
than nerer goes to David's bouse bo
cause, as be very proporly points out,
David's wife is a quite Impossible
woman, Barry Pain, in the Sphere.
IN A DEPARTMENT STORE.
Important Part Filled by th Adver
tising men ana llusrs.
The man who writ th ,1.11. . .1
vertlsement for a bio- atom
a big salary ten or fifteen thousand
dollars. He must be original, resource.
iui, ana witty a man of ideas, alert
to see and ue otiportunllles, The qual
ity of his work tells day by day. for
the effects of a cleverly written adver
tisement show Immediately ' U In
creased sales In particular ttrpntt
uieuts. Every night, the reports of
gro)s sales In tho llireoscoro depart
ments, ns compared with the corre
sponding days In llio prevolii) week
nnd the previous year, Indicate wheth
er lb day's advertising appropriation
has been well spent. Every day tho
"buyers" give the advertisement writer
n draft of (he next day's particular of
feringsa clearance sale of winter
overcoats, a shipment of Parisian dress
fabric), bargains In new novel), or a
cut-price alo of canned goods. Th
tho advertisement writer wolds Into
ouo big display announcement, which,
when It has been approved by tho gen
eral manager, becomes the Inw and
gopel of the next day's business.
Copies of It are posted on nil tho floors
and are put Into the hnmls of all thn
anlcspcopl. Every salesman nhd sales
woman In a department must learn,
the first thing Its the morning, the spe
cial prices at which ware) urn offered
In the day's advertising. Tho day's
advertisement Is Ibn Baedeker for both
shoppers and salespeople.
The massing of three score or more
varied shops under one roof demand)
an efficient tnff of department head),
or "buyer)." The worth of a buyer I)
measured by the amount of net profit
he ran show at the end of the year.
He must be on the alert to scire op
portunities for acquiring dealrahla
stocks nt low prices -the bankruptcy
of a manufacturer or a big mrrchnut
1) one of lhee opportunities hn mint
be able to forecast the future tastes
aud demand) of the shopping army;
he must know when tu plunge, buying,
ten, twenty, or thirty thotuand dollar'
worth of goods In a single order; hn
limit know when to push nnd when to
mark down certain stoeks, mid nil the
time he must keep his weather eye on
the doings of buyers In rlrnl store),
if he carries a Hue of foreign goods,
he makes a yearly trip abroad to buy
directly from the makers, whether It
be Parisian gowns, German toys, or
Persian nigs. Th toy buyer goes
to the Continent, In January, to order
his next Christmas atnek The sue
ceaafnl buyer Is master uf hl depart
ment, and ho usually commands a high
salary, sometimes as high as twenty
or thirty thousand dollars a year, al
though four-figure salaries are the ruin.
Every night, at tho close ot business,
thn salespeople give the amount) of
their total sales to their buyers, who,
In turn, foot up their department to
tal), Th buyers then report to th
general malinger, who compares the
day's sales with the btialneas the year
before. Marked variation) are mnila
the subject of Inquiry. Every night,
when th general manager leave) tli
tore, ho knows to a cent the day's re
ceipts, how they compare with the pre
vious year, and, If they vary from th
normal, the reason therefor. Succi-ss.
CAD DRIVER FOR t0 YEARS.
X)uk of Walllniftoii and King Kdward
VVr ill Customers.
Thomas Boiid. who Is 81 years of
age, Is probably the best known cab
man In Iindon, not only among hla
fellow), but among tho rnb hlrlng pub
lic, and now, when he has fallen an
evil days, he has glren an example of
unselfishness which It would be dlttl
cult to surpass.
lu August Isst, being then 80 years
of age, and still driving, he headed the
poll for a pension of 120 a year grant
ed by the Cab Drivers' Benevolent As
sociation, but when the result was
announced, he said: "The next man
on the list wants It more than I. Let
htni have It. I shall be ahlo to drtvn
for u year or two longer."
Hut soon th old man was laid up
with pleurisy and pneumnuln. For
mouths ho has been nblo to earn nnlh
In.v. He Is now slowly recovering,
and, with true British pluck, hopes
to be soon on his box again.
The strong probability, however. Is
Hint Bond's cnb drlvlng days are over.
Bond took out his first license In
March, 1810, aa an omnibus driver, be
ing then 17 years old. Ho started cab
driving In 1818, so that hn has been
driving a cab In the streets nf London
for M j ears, nnd during the whole nf
that time he has used the HI. Clement
Danes rank In the Strand.
It. his time Bond has driven many
world famous men. Thn grent Duko
of Wellington was a fairly regular cus
tomer. "Very liberal he wan, too," add
ed Mr. Bond In recounting his experi
ences on Saturday. Tho king, when
Prince of Wales, often patronized him,
as did the late Duke of Edinburgh.
London Dally Mull.
Had Dog anil-Oat Time.
A man leading a small dog by n
long chain created quite a sensation
on Penn square, near Broad street sta
tion, recently, says tho Philadelphia
itecord, when there was an encounter
with a strange, cat Tho dog barked
at the cat and the cat Immediately
sprang at tho dog's head, Tho dog
started to run around In a clrclo and
succeeded In dragging Its chain around,
his master and a strange woman,
The chain caught round the woman's
feet nnd sho felt forward against tho
man, who sworo violently. Thn wom
an screamed, the dog bowled and the
cat spat viciously, Several bystanders
had to grusp the dog'a chain and bold
It firmly, while the cat was chased
away by a couple of boys.
Then tho woman who had been trip
ped told what she thought of a man
who was pulled about by n dog on n
chain, but alt the argument was out
of tho man nnd ho slunk away, after
giving the dog n kick that was regis
tered by a canine yell.
Preliminary to Matrimony.
Maud Surely you wouldn't wish ill!
men to bo bachelors?
Mime Oh, not permanently, of
course, but Just long enough to get Into
the hnhlt of sowing on their buttons
and doing their own mending. Phila
delphia Press.
Inutility Anionic Animal.
Darwin asserted that there is insan
ity among animals, Just as thcro 1
among human beings.
Call It a Unloyole Now.
A wheelbarrow with ball bearings
has been put on tbe market by an Ohio
firm.