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ny Andrew Wthon,
For the (tnvlnjj of life fnmi premature Muni
tion by dlaeiiac, III" freeing of nilnli-ni'it from
llio ache mut pallia which lllucaa Implies, there
In not n department of adence which duca nol
rontrlhutit. From geology to phyalca, from IkiI
in lo chemistry nil nre lalil under cnntrlhu
Ion for Information and for aliL The. nature
f solla unit of water supply In nn In
. estlgatlnn of geologli-al kind. '11m chemist nil
of the purlly of wult-r ml lr; I lid biologist
toclii' the physician the hlatory of I be mlcrohca to wlilcli
w owt- lufeclloua troulilca; nml the zoologist work out (tin
life hlatory of lower animal organism ruaponalblu, any, for
umlnrln nml kindred allmeula. I'hyalca, giving us elncinc
llght, nml chemistry rnitliini, place In the. hands of tlio
doctor menna for treating arrlnua disease hy iiu-ii nn of the
raya or vnvi-n given forth. Truly, lliern am ninny mind
ml dlverac working dully In (If hi of n-M-nri-li for the
licm-llt of Immunity.
It la curloua to not o how practical result may fnllmv
UH)ii tin- phlloinphli-al consideration of already liuown
fact. Of Into ilnya the dally Journal have. fn-iii-nlly men
tioned Uie subject of rnniTr research In relation to what
linvo hern nil In I new view of the causation of (hut ti-rrl
lili- scourge of inodi-rn 1 1 ft. Illolony show lit Unit from the
orlKlnnl gi-rm which gives origin to tint animal Imily, n
iiiimln-r of cell nn- produced In tlio onlliinry course of dp
vi-lopmenl. tlf theso oni- practically becomes cnjivciud
Into tin- fnliiro frnini'. Tla- olht-ra nrr outcast. Ilnl lln-y
ln not perish. Thi-y take up their abode In various parts
and organs, nml there lie dormant. If aoiiio exciting cause
nwakctia these, dorinnnt eella, we pan rrnllzi- hmv, liy
their development, llny cause n cancerous growth. Ilrli-lly
ntnliil. this Is tJn- so-called hew tlirory of cancer. It la an
old vlmv, hut, na n purely biological specimen founded on
fni-t. thn theory illustrate how mcdlclim roci-lvcs assistance
not from oni- lint from nil her Muter sciences,
PUOMISL
73
i ii ii r, run ohm much.
nr ntlen otttutd.
It la not well to promise ovi-ruiui-li. Profuse
promise nrr rarely uivoaanry, atlll less arc thpj
prudrut, i-rPii when Inti-udt-d only to ptirchnae
pence for tin- moment, a the man gave his note
for ninety dnya nnd then drew n breath of ro
lief with, "Think ln-nen, thnt'a paid." .Sooner or
later there eoinea dny when the proinltaory uotea
are due, when pledget miiat be uiadn vrocxl or dla
honored; when, If payment la not fortheouiliiK,
tliere la a aenap of wrong nnd dlaappolntnieut upon thn one
hand nnd perlmpa an OTrrwhalmlng coiuclouaueaa of fail
ure nnd ahortmiuliic upon tha other. It la i bitter expe
rience to dlacovrr ouraelvea ejieatinl by Uioie whom we
truat, nd they who do the cheating nrely protlt thereby In
the loiik' run.
In thn drat fluah of ecataay orer lore glren and re
turned, lovera art- prone, to bcllnro ronrldantly tint what
rer may be the caan with ordlmry people, Uiey, them
aalrea, am U dwell henceforth upon the helghta, Unit for
them the future la to be all aunahln and bapplnem. I.tke
Klwln aaklni; Angelina to atlr hit te with her fliiKi-r, In
of augur, they nre In n atnti- of exaltation nnd exhllnm-
lion, which, like tho fervor of nn Indian devolee, rendera
them iiucoum-loiia of thn ntliik'H ami thorn aloiitf lliclr
palhway. Hut llcah la In moat iMai-a alraiiKcr than nplrlt;
lint bird cannot keep upon thn wIiik fori-vcr; tliu Ixnly la
n clog which muat nml will naaert llaelf.
Thero wan i clever mtiKiu.lnr alory lold, aome yenra ngo.
of a prospective, bride who devotnl the year before mar
riage to iiunllfylnx heraelf for the dutlea of a wlfw nnd
the mlatreaa of n homo. Mer frtemla auppoael her to be
nbaeiit upon a foreign tour, but In reality ahe apent the
twelve iiioutha In domaatlc aervlce, aa cook, houaemald and
nurae, Hi in attalnliiR prnctlcal knowledge how to aerve her
huabind nnd heraelf Htlafactoiily liter on. " '11a true, 'tla
pity, and pity 'tla 'tla trua" that many American glrla
marry In Ignoranc. mora or leaa total, of the Uilnga which
every mlatreaa of a family oiitfht to underatand. IJven
thoae who take i rourae lu cooking, aa i rule. Imbibe but
little practical knowledge for future application.
When two people marry, let each promlap II t tla and per
form nil which la poaalble, each making the happlneaa of
thn other the flrat object In life. Thin aliall lore, Ilk
Col'a loving kludueia, be new every morning and peace
nnd contentment dwell within their home.
SIKIKLS CAUSED BY DISPUIES, NOI WAGES.
Of W. Bourkt Cortran.
Comparatlrcly few atrlkc-a are dun to dlaputea
over wagea. Theae aro Died by Immutable lawa.
To my mind, whi-ro there la i auapenalon of In
duatry the employer ahould he held reaponalble.
II la the cnptnln to whom all othera muat look.
The man In rharxp of nn Induatry, no mntti-r what
It may be, who lacka the "kill to deal aucceaafully
with the men employed under him ahowa by hla
potency that he wna never lit to have been placed
In charge of It. I don't nay that he lacki anything In mor
al! or honeaty, but he lacka ak 111.
The peraona ! employ men ahould have at lent the
aame aklll aa thoae In chnrgc of horaei or mulea. A man
couldn't hitch a team of mulea to a wagon with their hernia
whore their tall ought to be and expect them to work
well. Kuch a man might be a very moral pcraon and pro
de-lent In the Hcrlpturea, but I think that hla employer
would aoon girt aomo other mnn leaa excellent In morality,
but more perfect In driving mulea.
The reaponalblllty for moat of the atrlkea Ilea with oar
cnptnlna of Induatry. It la true that capltnllata realize In i
general way thai they and the laboring men are partner a,
but In tha brivaata of many men atlll linger the old preju
dice Imbued Into humanity In the early ltomau and feudal
diya when labor waa aerrlle. They aeem to forget that
the term "aerrlce" doean't apply to labor now, that there
la a real partnership between the capitalist and the man
who worka and that together they muat proaper or decline.
If we look orer all theae atrlkea we do not And that
they have arlaen through dlaputea over wagea, but were
due to dlaputea with the men whom the employer dealt
with. I don I aee what difference It mnkea whether the em
ployer dealt with A II. C. or aomelody clae. Yet against
that we huve aeen whole Induatrlea paralyzed, conditions of
aoclety threatened, becauae the employer would not acttle
with aomo oulalde peraon. That la no reaaon for causing
a disruption. tint concerns the employer and the laborer
la what ahould ho pay and what ahould he be paid.
UAD NAME8, DAD LUCK.
Have
WORLD'S FAIR SCULPTURE.
War VeaacU f All Natlona
Amply Troved It.
If one ahould bo no bold aa to char
ncterln- the aupcratltloua anllor na all
ly, he would nt iini-c declare thai there,
la auniclcut r en mm for hla belief and
would proceed to prove that war vea
acta nnmed after atlugliiK nnd venom
oils things linvo been unlucky, and that
the country ahould not be ao linlIITer
nt to the men who follow "a life on
the ocean ware" na to organlte n inoa
julto fleet. That Snake la regarded aa
an unfortunate name for a veaacl la
uown by the fact that two of that
name have been toat, ono In 1781 and
the other lu 1HI7; but no vend bear
lug Hint name la known to exlat now
Rerpent, which la only a substitute
name for Hnnke. In an unlucky one
also, for tho one wrecked In 1H1C waa
tho fourth llrltlah war veaacl of that I
name to meet the name fate Viper
tiaa been an unlucky nnme In tho llrlt
tab nnvy. The first one wna wrecked i
In ITS' I, but the admiralty would not
iwerve, nnd ao kept the name on the
Hat, ench vessel meeting lta doom, and
the fourth waa lost only recently. The
Ifrcnch nnvy haa also been unlucky
with vesnela ao named. Tho Viper,
used In the Ilrltlsh service after she
Dvcnme a prize rrom the rrcucli. wan
lost lu 17U3. The second waa loat a
year later, the third In 17117, and the
fourth waa recently loat In a collision
on (iuernaey.
Tho Cobra, another llrltlah war vea
ael, was loat recently at the samo time
aa the Viper. Among other veasela
almllarly nnmed and which met fates
other than In battle are tho Itattle-
anakc. In 1781 ; the Alligator, lu 178U;
the Crocodile, In 1781; the Adder, In
1841; three I.lzarda, two Dragona and
ono Ilaalllsk. All of these were of tho
llrltlah navy. Tho Hat could lie mnde
larKer by citing tho records of other
navlea. The Norncmen, who were ao
fond of nninlng their vessels against
tho lawn of superstition, and using hld
ooua heada of dragona and reptiles on
their high prowa, were leaa unfortu
nate and theae did not meet with fre
quent disasters. They did have a bo
iler, however, that it waa unlucky and
a sacrilege to select audi a name aa
did Ixird Dunraven for his first yacht
to challenge for the America's cup, tho
Vnlkyrie. And this belief was strength
ened when she wan sunk by the Ha tun
lta. Tho second challenger, with tho
same name, gave trouble, and ahe wn
broken up after only a short exist
ence. Nary I.eagiio Journal.
OLD TALES IN A NEW DRE83.
IIow Tliej Are Worked rer Without
Mallco l'ropcnse.
"Arc you sure this horse la aafo?"
asked tlio amateur driver. "Porfoctly,"
answered tlio liveryman, "so Ions aa
you don't allow hU tall to got tntxod
up with the rclna, Keep the rclm
away from his tall and he'll be gontle
an a lamb." The amateur Accepted the
aasurnnco and drove away, returning
soma hour later lu good condition.
"Well, you had no trouble with the
bono" the liveryman suggested,
"Not a bit," wi tha reply, "there wa
only ono little showor and my wife
held tlio umbrella over his tall while
that lasted."
Docs the reader rocogntzo this anec
dote Two mouths ago It waa told as
a now atory, ft poraonal oxpoxlonco to
a Jlostoulan, who gains his broad by
Btory-wrltltvr. It waa new to him, nnd
aeelug -MsslblllUen lu It ho dressed it
In two shapes and sent ono to Uio Now
York mid ono to London. IIU Now
aallaiaaSaaHifaaaBanL
TUB rOW HOY AT HKST "
llorglum'a frontier sculpture ut the St. l.oula Kxpoaltlon calls forth much
admiration, his Indian and Cowboy groups being particularly true to life.
"Tho Cowboy at Heat," pictured above. Is one of the beautiful expressions
of a phase of Western life.
York editor returned thu manuscript,
with the footnote, "Old had It." Ills
Ijondou editor, a friend In tho house of
Ilariuaworth, wrote, "Quito mini I've
seen tho horae-rcliw-uuibrt-lla story."
Hut mark the sequel:
In tho same week, when, If It bad
had good luck, the Hoatoti version
would have appeared In a Iindon pub
Mention, a different version wna print
ed na original 111 the I'eoplc's l'rlcnd
of Dundee, Scotland, and a fourth ver
slon, patched with purple fragments of
lino writing, nppean-d In the 'limes of
Cardiff, Wales, lleforo cither of these
periodicals could have reached this
country two other versions, presented
as original, Illumined the pages of a
Hoston and a St. Ixiuls dally. The
story had been "lu the air," as It were,
over fi,000 miles of land and sea, and
five different writers perceived It at
substantially the same moment,
brought It to earth, told It In as many
different ways nnd severally congrat
ulated themselves on a clever and orig
inal perfonnntico,
Writers have been doing this sort of
thine, In all good faith, over slnco the
world began. Only a year or two ago
a story of a faithful dog that ran after
a stick of dynamite and zealously
fetched It to his master was told, al
most simultaneously, by four men In
as many inagarlnos. The tragic-comic
conception Is simple enough; vory like
ly In essentials the tales dates back to
Artstrophanea, but how did It "happen
to occur" at tlio sftnie time to tho four?
May thero not bo something In tlio
whimsical theory another literary man
propound that the Intensity with
which an author dwolls upon his data,
beforo and during tho period of ex
ploitation, "Impresses It on the spirit
ual atmosphere," so that the wonder
would bo If "sonsltlvo, seeking minds"
did not seize upon It? Horrid possi
bilities are latent In tolopathy. Tho
day may dawn when a man who chor-
lslics an Ingenious plot will hnvo to
surround himself with nonconductors
cigarette (lends, perhaps, and girls
who chow gutn. Boston Transcript.
GRASS OOATS OF BOLIVIA.
On the shores of Lake Tltlcaca, In
South America, there Is more life and
bustle than In almost any other spot
In Ilollvla, owing to the fact that dur
ing the last century the Kngllsh and
Americans hnve gone there to develop
4-r-l"r-l--.4
GOOD
::ShortJtories
According to one account of tho I'nr
ker telegram, It made Senator '1111
mnn "so nglUiti-d that ho almost
cried." When hla Virginia colleague
besought him to be calm, he replied:
"I nlwaya think the best, Senator Dan
iel, when I nm gnuilly excited."
The old gentleman had Juat atepped
Into the crowd u-1 car, and had accl
dentally trodden on Algy Kitzgerald's
foot. "Confound you, you carcleaa old
buffaw!" cried Algy; "you've cruahed
my foot to a Jelly." "All!" anld the
old man. calmly, "calf'afoot Jelly. I
auppoae!"
Tho Into Mlas Julia Moore (Sir John
Moore's niece), like many very old peo
ple, waa extremely proud of her age,
and loat no opportunity of showing
It. When ahe was asked by a friend
if she was going to see the king's cor
onation, ahe answered: "No. ( have
been out of Dondon for the last three
coronations, and I don't care to alter
my reeoriL" What an exaltation ono
must feel ut being able to say u thing
like that!
"Economy," nnld Governor Chatter-
ton, of Wyoming, "Is always admira
ble. A Cheyenne hatter, though, was
disgusted the other day with tho eco
nomical spirit of a visitor to his nliop.
Thin visitor, n tall man with gray
hair, entered with a soft felt hat,
wrapped In paper, In his hand. 'How
much will It cost,' he wild, 'to dye tills
hat gray, to match my hair?" 'About a
dollar,' the hatter answered. The tall
man wrapped the hat up again. 'I
won't pay It,' he said; 'I can get my
hair dyed to match tho hat for a
quarter.' "
As an Illustration of carrying mili
tary discipline too far, this story Is
told by Ceneral Nelson A. Miles:
There wa a colonel who, In the mid
dle of a campaign, was seized with
a sudden ardor about hygiene. He or
dcYcd that all his men change their
shirts at once. This order was duly
carried out, except In the case of one
company where the privates' ward
robes had been pitiably depleted. The
captain of this company was Informed
that none of the men could change
their shirts, since they had only one
apiece. The colonel hesitated a mo
ment, and said, firmly: 'Orders must
be obeyed. Let Uie men change shirts
with each other.' "
Dr. IMward Waldo Emerson, of Con
cord, Is fond of telling of an old serv
ant whose heart was exceedingly kind,
and In whom the qualities of pity and
compassion were developed nearly to
perfection. He was once driving his
master and Kmerson through the coun
try. As they approached a new bouse
that the master was building, they saw
an old woman sneaking away with a
bundle of wood. "Jabez, Jabez," cried
the master; "do you aee that old wom
an taking my wood!" Jabez looked
with pity at the old woman, then with
acorn at his master. "No, sir," he
' said, stoutly, "I don't see her; and,
1 what's more, I didn't think that you
would aee her. either."
Judge Jonathan Dixon, of the Su
premo Court of New Jersey, haa c
habit, well known to old practitioners
before him, of asking three questions
of counsel arguing at the bar. The
first one is usually simple, and the
lawyer answers It carelessly; the sec
ond one Is a little more drastic, and
tho respondent replies with trembling
uncertainty; Die third Is bound to be
a poser fraught with humiliation. On
one occasion Richard V. Llndabury, of
Newark, was presenting a case to the
court of errors, and when tho flrat
question was Innocently propounded he
said: "I don't know." "Don't know!'
cried the Judge; "why don t you
know?" "Hecause I haven't heard the
other two questions," said tho wily ad
vocnte.
would cost anywhere from 100 to
.'XJ. and It would be cheap at that
price. I aupixisn I shall have some
illllleulty In convincing Ixitidoncrs, but
probably a few will listen to me at
my meeting, nnd will not be unwilling
to test my statements. It does not
follow becauae you In Txindon have
reached no high a atandnrd of civili
zation and knowledge that all nature's
secrets havo been disclosed to you."
riomlln rose from tho tablo at which
wo had been sitting and put forward
Ills hand for me to shako as a signal
that he did not wish to proceed fur
ther with Hip conversation.
"Just one word more," I said. "Will
you tell me tho nnme of tho plant?"
"No," said Oomlta. "It Is a secret
known In Liberia only to the few."
18 IT RUDIMENTARY
Why Home
INSTINCT?
TO INSURE LONG LIFE.
riSllKKMEN Or LAKE T1T1CACA.
tho great tin deposits. A strange-look-lug
boat, made of long grasses woven
artistically Into round braids, lends n
pretty touch of color to the dullness of
the scenery. These, queer boats have
tho rare advantage of nover leaking,
and ns they come down the stream
they look more like overgrown ears of
corn than river craft.
liny Shoe by Inohe.
Most women buy their children's
shoes by Inches Instead 0f by sizes,
says tho head clerk of one Chicago
shoo store. Some do It In order to
know what they aro getting, because
of slight differences that exist between
sizes. Others do It because the size
marks havo been rubbed off tho Inside
of tho uppers. The practical mother
does not take her children to bo fitted.
She knows that a trip downtown with
thorn moans soda water and candy. So
sho saves time and money by using her
tape measure and leaving It to tho shoo
clerk to do tho rest
A woman can always think of n
dozen tilings at night that sho wants
her husband to do "while he Is rest
ing." Mnn goes Into tho matrimonial game
like a lion and comes out Ilka a lamb.
Llberlnn Now Visiting In London Haa
n Mystcrloua l'lunt
In one of the smaller hotels In the
neighborhood of Charing Cross there is
resldlug a young Llberlan, who has
come to London for the purposo of ex
hibiting (and selling) to tho curious the
mysteries of a plant which, ho claims,
Insures long life to those who possess
one of its leaves, says the London
Chronicle.
Ills name Is Gomltn, and on Satur
day he told one of our representatives
that he was of royal blood, In proof
of which he showed bis passport
"I have come to London direct from
my homo In Liberia, as I have heard
that the British In all parts of the
world want to live long. Out on the
west coast of Africa there Is a plant
the mysterious virtues of which aro
known only to those who have royal
blood In their veins." The secrets of
tlio plant, ha said, were remarkable,
and he explained some of them at a
meeting held at the Cavendish rooms,
Mortimer street
"Your smile," he continued, "denotes
that you disbelieve my statoment, but
I enn assure you that the plant pos
sesses those qualities which I state,
for they have been proved. Moreover,
they nre regarded ns so astoulshlng
that tho greatest anxiety haa been
shown by foreign travelers to possess
a root Hut tho secret has been well
maintained, and no professional bot
anist would discover tho plant. In
deed, I, dcsplto my roynl blood, had to
wait llvo years before I was told what
It was, nnd I had to pay heavily for It.
"Tho plant Is of slow growth, nnd
that I now possess has eleven largo
leaves. Swallow one of these leaves
and you may be certain of adding from
ten to twenty years to your life. If
you rub one on n wound you are Imme
diately hoaled. And when one Is
placed In a colUn the dead body does
not decay, but Is preserved. Indeed,
In Llbe rln tho cotllns of the great men
all contain theso leaves, as we find
tills Is better than the old Egyptian
method of embalming."
Tho Llberlan talked on he speaks
English very well for several min
utes, until I asked him the cost of ono
of tlio plants.
'I could not sell a plant, but a leaf ,
'eople Heck Chair Next
to the Wall.
'Why Is It," asked the elderly man
with the contemplative air, "that we
Instinctively choose the tables and
chairs next to a wall In a restaurant?
Why are the tables In the center of
the room always the last taken?"
"Don't know; never thought of It,"
responded his companion. "Hut I'll
bet you have a theory to account for
It"
The elderly man smiled knowingly,
nnd continued:
"You will notice that the corner
seats are always taken first It's tho
same In street cars or railroad coaches.
Every man or woman Instinctively
takes to a corner and screws his or
her neck back Into It Hove you no
ticed, too, that when passing people
along a wall you always edge Inwsrd
If you possibly enn?
"Why Is It? Simply instinct an In
stinct tbo origin of which dates back
to prehistoric times, when men had not
yet learned the use of metal weapons.
It Is the Instinct we Inherit from our
cave-dwelling ancestors, who had only
clubs with which to defend them
selves. Instinct Is only an unconscious
disposition to make use of previous
experiences.
"When the prehistoric man wanted
to eat bis meal In peace he huddled
Into some cranny in a cliff or against
the side of a big rock. In that position
be felt secure, for nothing could at
tack him from the rear and he could
observe everything that approached
bis way. It must have taken ages of
experience to have bred that Instinct
so deeply within us, for even now,
when cave bears and mastodons do not
frequent our eating resorts, we prefer
walls, and especially corners, every
time.
"I suppose, too, that's why men nat
urally walk on the outward side of
women along sidewalks. In case a
winged ichthyosaurus should swoop
down upon them he could bang her
over against the shop window and
stand off the beast
"It is another rudimentary Instinct
which has survived the need of It Man
Instinctively protected woman by hav
ing a cliff on one side of her and him
self on the other, and to this day she
expects It."
Tha Asayrlan Dead.
It la a curloua fact that In Assyria
the ruins speak to us only of the liv
ing, and that of the dead there are no
traces whatever, says Ilagosnl's "Story
of Chaldea." One might think people
never died there at all. Yet It Is well
known that all nations have bestowed
as much care on the Interment of their
dead and the adornment of their last
resting place as on the construction of
their dwellings nay, some even more,
for Instance, the Egyptians. To this
loving veneration for the dead history
owes half Its discoveries; Indeed, we
should have almost no reliable Infor
mation at all on the very oldest races,
who lived Before the Invention of writ
ing, were it not for their tombs and
the things we find In them.
It Is very strange, therefore, that
nothing of the kind should be found
In Assyria, a country which stood high
In culture. For the sepulchres which
are found In such numbers In some
mounds, down to a certain depth, be
long to later races, mostly even to the
modern Turks ami Arabs. This pe
culiarity Is so puzzling that scholars
almost Incline to suppose that the As
syrians either mnde away with their
dead In some manner unknown to us
or else took them somewhere to bury.
The latter conjecture, though not en
tirely devoid of foundation, Is unsup
ported by any positive facts, and there
fore was never seriously discussed.
The question is simply left open until
something happens to shed light on It
I1811ft
Misplaced Muaoles.
In a ten days' old negro baby at the
Maryland General Hospital the ortho
pedic surgeons have an extremely in
teresting case to work upon, and the
nurses and laymen about the Institu
tion have a frequent cause for laughter
and for puzzling conjecture. The baby
lies always In the position of a pick
aninny who has found this life such
a Joke that be can't resist kicking his
heels In the air all tbo time. But his
feet haven't tho usual habit of fall
lug back upon his couch. They won't
stay down unless they are put In
splints.
The doctors explain this by saying
that the muscles which should be on
the undor part of the leg are In the
front of the leg, while those which
should bo In the front are In the back.
One distinct advantage the child has
over others Is that he needn't ever find
nny difficulty In performing that feat
which has so often brought the house
down for the "boneless man." He can
scratch his noso with the big too on
either foot without effort
But, on the other hand, If he should
grow to maturity without being cured
of the deformity, he would likely be
forced to go on all fours, or If he
walked erect he would walk back
ward. Tbo surgeons nre treating him,
and say It Is probablo by tho time he
has reached maturity he will walk as
other people do. The child was born
In the hospital. Baltimore Sun.
llcglnulng and lCnd,
Singleton So you were married by
a Justice of tho peace, eh?
Wedderly (sadly) Yes; but that
Isn't the worst of It
Singleton Well, come on with the
rest of your sad story.
Wedderly Tho Justlco aforesaid
was tho first and Inst peaco connected
with my matrimonial experience.
Tho citizens of Geneva, Switzerland,
havo presented Htnnley J. Wcyman
with an Illuminated and Inscribed ad
dress and a bust of Calvin In token of
their appreciation of his novel of
acnevn 'Tho Long Night."
Clara Louise Hurnhnm In Jewel has
drawn ono of those delightfully nat
ural pictures of child life which have
a charm for all classes of readers.
The heroine la a lovable child and Is
blessed with a sense of humor.
A novel by Stanley Weyman Is al
ways an event of Interest to those
who love a good historical novel. His
new story Is to be published by Long
msns, Green It Co. It Is a historical
romance of France when Henri Quatrs
reigned.
The Grafton Press, New York, well
known for Intelligent nttentlon to
genealogies, biographies and local his
tories, has added a genenloglcaal de
partment conducted by nn expert nnd
experienced genealogist This Is a
timely recognition of an Interest that
Is growing noticeably In this country.
Charles Ilcmstreet the authority on
Old New York, has decided to become
the manager of a press clipping bureau
In Now York. Speaking recently of
his decision, he said: "I give up litera
ture after n fair nnd Impartial trial
of eighteen years, fully convinced that
the prospect of the old age of an
author Is not alluring."
Lcvett Yeats, who mnde readers
grateful for bis first book, "Tho Hon
or Savelu," has a new story, which Is
also a historical romance, coming out
under the title of "Orraln." The
scene Is laid In tbo days of Henry II.
of France and Its historical Interest
centers In the struggle between Cath
erine do Medici and Diana do For
tiers. W. E. Morris has furnished a new
story entitled "Nigel's Vocation." It
Is a story of n young man who, having
Joined the church of Rome and hav
ing been admitted to a monastery as
a novice, finds himself recalled to the
world by the Inheritance of a large es
tate. The schemes of many persons to
supplant blm and complications which
arise from hi love affairs form the
story.
"Christian Science" Is the title of a
book which Mrs. Mary Piatt Pannele
Is abaet to publish, perhaps has pub
lished by this time. In It she Is said
to Inquire If It Is either Christian or
science, and to "discuss dlspassonate
ly" Its claims, benefits, limitations and
errors. This seems queer, since we
have been told that Christian Science
alms to put mankind In a receptive at
titude, so as not to obstruct or evade
the acts or will of God toward bis
creatures. And If this be true how
can there be either limitation or error
In the Influence It seeks to aid?
Mrs. Emily Post's new book, The
Flight of a Moth, will be published by
Dodd, Mead & Co. The heroine Is a
young and beautiful American widow,
who. after her husband's death, does
exactly what sho pleases. From her
childhood on, until the last day of
mourning for her husband, she has
been held back from having a good
time. When the book opens she goes
to Europe with only ber maid, nnd
decides to make up for lost time. Her
sister warns ber that she Is like a
moth and will burn ber wings, but she
declares that she would "rather be a
burnt moth than a crawling worm."
Mrs. Florence Morse KIngsley, the
author of The Singular Miss Smith,
Is widely known through her various
hlstorlco-rellglous novels: Titus: A
Comrade of the Cross; Stephen: A
Sollder of the Cross; Paul: A Herald
of the Cross; The Cross Triumphant,
The Transfiguration of Miss Phllura,
nnd Prisoners of the Sea. She was ed
ucated nt Wellesley College, nnd mnr
rled the Rev. Mr. KIngsley In 1SS2.
Since 1002 she hns been on the staff of
the Ladles Home Journal. She does
her literary work, she says, "from 0
to 12, while the children nre at
school." Her new story Is described
as a decidedly clever skit on various
phases of social life and women clubs;
but It Is nlso nn attractive and unusual
love story.
tlon the thirteen stripes will represent
the number of State whoso valor ami
resources orlglnnlly effected the Amer
ican Independence, nnd additional
stars will mark tho tncrraao of the
States since tlio present constitution."
From this time on tlio Incrcaso ot
stars In the constellation which formed
the union wan steady, and during tha
war with Mexico, In 1810, twenty-ntno
white stars wcro displayed In the bluo
field.
The flags borne by the regiments of
tha northern arniy during tho four
years of tho great civil war had thirty
Ave stars In the union. This was tha
full number of States then forming tha
national federation, as the United
States government had refused to rec
ognlzo the constitutional right of a
State to secede from tho union. Tho
retention of the stars representing tho
Southern State was regarded aa a
serious breach of military etiquette by
the more punctilious of tho Confeder
ate leaders, and the capture of one of
the Federal standards was always
well rewarded by Uie authorities at
Richmond.
The regimental flags carried by tho
regular and volunteer regiments dur
ing the Spanish war of 1803 displayed
forty-five stars In the blue field of tho
union, ten new States having been
added to the federation since Uie great
civil struggle which no nearly severed
the republic. This was nlso tho first
foreign war In which tho Stato troops
of the reunited country appeared In
the field together, and It was tho first
occasion on which former Confederate)
officers of high rank resumed the uni
form of the United Stntea service.
The great garrison flag which waa
hoisted over Santiago after the sur
render ot the city by tho Spanish com
mandant measured twenty feet la
width by thirty-six feet In length, tho
forty-five white stars which formed
the union showing distinctly against
the bright blue ot the field. Philadel
phia Record.
COLLECTING TRAN8FERS FAD.
AMERICAN FLAG IN BATTLE.
Record of the Union Standard from
llrandywlne to Santiago.
Although tbo resolution by which
the flag became a national standard
was not officially promulgated by the
secretary of Congress until. Sept 3,
1777, it seems well authenticated that
the regulation stars and stripes was
carried at the battle of Hrandywlne,
fought Sept 11, 1777. This shows that
the contract entered Into by Betsy Ross
must have been carried out with great
expedition, and that the flags had
been distributed among the line regi
ments of the revolutionary army early
In September. The flag first dis
played In battle at Brnndywlno Creek
bad thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white, and as a union thirteen white
stars were displayed on a blue field.
The flag which Was carried by the
men In blue and buff during the bat
tles of the revolution remained un
changed until the first day of May,
1705, when, by a previous act of Con
gress, two addlUonal stripes were add
ed to the body of the standard and
two stars to the union. These addi
tions were made to represent the
States of Vermont and Kentucky,
which had Just been admitted to the
federal union. As no further change
was made In the national flag until
1818, It follows that the regimental col
ors carried during the war of 1812
were of this design. Thus the Ameri
can flags surrendered by General Hull
at Detroit and those captured by the
British at Bladcnsburg and Washing
ton must all have displayed fifteen
alternate red and white stripes, as
well as the fifteen stars of the union.
In 1818, by an act of Congress, the
stripes of the national flag were again
reduced to thirteen, and It was de
clared that the addition of a star to
Uie union should thenceforward rep
resent each new State, A newspaper
ot the time, still kept In the govern
ment archives, said. "By this regula-,
New Hobby that Street Car Conductors
Hun Across Nowadays.
'Transfer, please," said a passen
ger on a Broadway car.
"Where to?" asked Uie conductor.
"I don't care," answered the man.
"Any old place. I'm not going to use
It anyhow."
"CollecUn" 'em?' Inquired the con
ductor, and the passenger nodded.
It wasn't a rush hour and Uie con.
ductor bad time to talk. 'That's the
newest freak," he explained to Uie man
on the back platform. "Collecting
transfers. I suppose about once a
week some chap tackles me for a trans
fer to add to hbi collection. Of course,
we won't hear that part of It officially.
We've got to give transfers when they
are asked for, and what's done with
them is none of our business.
"A man who travels with me quits
often showed me Uie other day a col
lection of nearly 400 transfers that
he'd gathered. They represented about
every city in the country of more than
10,000 population. This man said he'd
picked them up on his own travels.
through friends In various places, and
even by wriUng to the street railway
companies direct for them.
"All transfers are patterned on the
same general style nowadays. That
Is, they are marked off Into little sec
tions containing Uie transfer pouts.
Uie hours and minutes for the Urns
limit Uie dates and so on. The con
ductor punches one of each of the sec-
Uons.
"Out In Salt Lake City they still
use a system that used to be follow
ed on Uie Jersey City trolleys, but was
given up several years ago. On the
transfers are printed a lot of little
pictures of men and women and chil
dren. There Is n man with a smooth
face, a man with a mustache and a
man with a full beard; a young wo
man and an old woman; a boy and a
girl. The conductor punches the pic
ture that most nearly resembles the
person to whom Uie transfer Is Issued.
The system never becamo popular.
For one thing women don't like It It
was a pretty old lady who didn't get
huffy If the young woman's face was
not punched for her.
'In Kansas City they are particu
lar whether you are going to transfer
north, east south or west so thero
Is printed on Uie transfers a compass
showing theso four points, and tho
direction you nro going Is punched
out" New Y'ork Sun.
llubber Used Again,
Worn-qut rubber, like worn-out sil
ver, Is something that does not exist
In these days, says London Answers.
Ever since the advent of bicycles and
motor cars, both of which drew heav
ily on Uie world's rubber supply, and
ever slnco Uie hundred and ono uses
to which rubber Is put In connecUon
with electricity, Uie material hns be
come more nnd more scarce nnd val
uable, so that even Uie old rubber shoo
and the worn-out rubber boot may
throw out their chests In pride at be
ing worUi really something. Nothing;
containing rubber Is discarded nowa
days. The old rubber coat over which
the spring tires of a motor car may
run on a country road to-day may
some day find a nesting place In tho
soft tresses of a woman's hair, after
having been transformed Into a band-
some comb.
Even vulcanized rubber, which, ow
ing to Uie sulphuric process to which
It was subjected, was formerly value
less. Is now subjected to a process
which rejuvenates It and makes It fit
to be worked up again for the purposo
of Uie manufacturer. Immense quan
tities ot this product, which formerly
was assigned to a ruljblsh heap, are
now treated and admixed with a cer
tain percentage of new gum, enough
to cheapen Uie price ot most rubber
goods turned out by the manufacturers
to-day. Old rubber, however, can ba
used by Itself without any addlUon
ot fresh gum, the process of treat
ment being a simple one.
Not Satisfied With the Place.
Mrs. Backlotz So your servant girl
has left you again?
Mrs. Subbubs Yes.
Mrs. Backlotz What was the mat
ter?
Mrs. Subbubs She didn't like tha
way I did the work. Philadelphia,
Press.