GERMAN WORK PEOPLE. THE TRAVELS OF COLUMBUS. i’i«* 1‘r*»--. ialrat*» t OU •r.n I • Ko Time 1'or It. Nevt "'¡•I’- »• *r . e , L . Q • . A ’ ». •• ... ■ .». .- who has I , .1 . > t.< Mk-«e| Colonel Bingham as maste» ot evremo nies at the White House, thus become« oue of the most picturesque odh-ers of the entire military r tal>!.-la'iett I» not taken liohl of them; they go to no football or cricket iuatel.es, although there are matches, an ! other classes In Cermruj show growing taste for pan nnd sj«>rts. I went to see a fiotball i intel: I tweeu I> eidorf and a neighboring manufacturing town. A similar match anywhere in manufac­ turing England would have attrn '.ed trom 10,000 to 20,000 sons of toil, wl.o would have shouted themselves hoarse from beginning to end. At tlje Ger man mateh nut one put In an uppear- anee. When I left the field toward the . close of the game the spectators, who had slowly Increased during the after­ noon, numbered exactly slxty-five. They were not workingmen, and »hey show­ ed no excitement whatever, whatever. They of played the association game, not very iv&zned—j&nta Maria de la Coaci pcJe well. The national game in Germany Fcrna.ndiaat and isabella.. He f.‘ ixi is kegel, a kind of skittles, and it Is landed at Neuvita.8. and sen' v- - _ i played at public houses, but not by workli: men or seldom by them. They followers to locate an Indian » ' . . play cards sometimes, but not a great was ¿appointed and sailed awe, -. deal. In short, games uiny be ruled out as ail item in Industrial life. '1 hea­ FIND À mXB ¿.Y XND À VASE, ters and music balls count for more, MAJOB THOM.VS W. SYMO!»S. but for nothing like so much as in Eng­ A School Jo. Cat». any other country he would be known land and in America. They are less The Fnffolo’s Tri* What do you think of that? lhe as lord chamberlain or by some simi­ numerous In proportion to population A Puffol.) made him a boat of a pillow And went out to «ill on the bounder4.r.& rehool does not exist in fairyland, but lar Impressive title. und are only visltid by the* working billow; In the midst of the city of Paris. classes to a limited extent ou Saturday Major Symons Is “ officially in charge H:s sail a sheet Professor Ronnetty Is very fend of of public buildings and grounds tu tlie and Sunday. Detroit News and Trib Exceedingly neat, And his mast vuh u withering, wavering eats, and has actually started a school I District of Columbia,'’ but this descrip­ une. for them. willow. tion gives a small idea of the actual nis pupils are generatij' stray cats TLtatflra. The Puffolo MfUJ ti’l lb« ocean grew bub­ that no one wants; ho takes them, functions ot the post. Unusual social In the fourteenth century thistles bly, prestige attaches to the positlou. As And the sea wsu> becoming quite hilly and keeps them In a large room and feeds the military aid to the president he will were used as food for cattle, and they hub’.:’./; them well. enjoy uuusual terms of intimacy with Were considered ns a crop. In the ol.l The waves rolling high, He dots not Iinrae YULETIDE IN SERVIA. Ion. Tti. Poor Save For tloutbo to Boy Their Christmas Pig. In Servin they keep Christmas eve in a somewhat peculiar way. The fa­ ther of the family goes into the wood and cuts down a straight young oak. choosing the most perfect that he can find. Ho brings it In. saying. “Good evening and a happy Christinas,” to which those present reply, "May God grant both to thee and mayest tlrou have riches and honor.” Then they throw over him grains of corn. Pres­ ently the young tree is planted upon | tiie coals, where It remains until Christ mas morning, which they salute by re­ peated firings of a pistol. The national dish in Servla is pork. The poorest family In Servla will pinch themselves all through the year so ns to have mopey enough to buy a pig at Christmas. Skewered to a long piece of Mr. Mulduckle—Bedad, I don't cure wood, the pig Is turned over a blazing fire until cooked, the guests watching if the doctor did say I rfnwl bov a mus­ the process with increasing interest tard plaster! I’ll not take another bite After dinner stories nre told and songs cf lti—Cleveland I*1afa iXMjjyfc sung. Santa Claus, who, in the person The Greatest Dnnger, of an honored guest Is present to re­ - ceive instead of to give presents, de­ ports after the feast, decorated with a long ring of cakes around his neck and laden with such gifts as his friends can bestow. , On hi • w y lie foil ml •nd Htv them. He w< ?i'.t a ■¿r ior .•Vid round su l»1w.s !laid tu ell f: .1 kR til.T -tabli --n», ■ cr'cd I'ln' e So he ate and be ate until I? ■ 'mt cut liny any lucre, and then lie : Imuitf to his mother. Mother Pig looked them nil ove < ’ Snatchy and Taily were comui:;. »ad seemed hungry. Piiike.v. uii toulrary. was happy cud ljuiod his sides v.-. :• ■ puffed. “AU, Uu!" thought Mother Pig. ' i "■ill sy had plenty to cat 1 wonder if h was uuy better than what 1 . *i 1’1 »ee.” But she was too lazy to : *m herself, as she . dTaiiy a-.: ktoa.eliy to her. “Touiorrov.-.” Flie >: !*’. "I want you to follow Ik .key. lie certainly fed wet today, mi'l you might us well tomor­ row. if l:e does, mid thou you cun tell me nil about it.” The u.x; * y tlie two little pigs d'd r told them, but they had :i L;i trd tlUK l.ndi I’inkey, for h* .an IIS fl ’list as his little legs would <■ irry lii:;i. . lie knew exactly Where to < awl ihro; ::gb the f“i ices, w bile his pursuers mt i a result Tally :g!:t iis head betwoi a the rails ami ! .tehy •...I up I.Il l d. ,va lu great o:..' ■meni *.it I’inkey would escape. At .■ligia hey foil' d tlie I: le and t. 11 >w'.1 th. ir •pother In hot pun.v.lt. When they saw l‘l::ke; !U* fr eyes stuck out. "Oh. fiiy !’’ < r!c I '’Let'a go «nd take some some too. “Nc said Taily; “K i Pink. y goes to sleep, t Mid lie will never kn< ' Mt it as fas»t as lie csi.*.’ But by and b. »ke. lie saw that 1 r. i. ..ap;,a. cl. Ab. ini." he exclatr. ihe marks t .t It w Bnstcliy. To .oircw . alth my fat i mlher an I guess I’ll t up earl; .' There v another v •lie corn—the craw. "Uii ■le cried as he wntche «o when I'inkey went home tlie crow lad a feast. The next day I’lnkey ar*we at 5 nnd tarried through the forest. The thieves had come in the n gilt and ear tied all but a little of the corn away, but there was enough fur Dinkey, nnd le nnd nte. He had finished it all but three grains when tile crow on tlin tree saw his mother, the pig. coming. •Ah." thought the crow. “I’ll bare hose three grnii.s.” “Oh. Mrs. I said lie, “the early llrd got tlie worm—the early blr. ‘Tomorrow I will coi::e h< r>‘. and 1 si all bo sure of i ¡1 :e f it p ■• for supp i .‘ And, Mrs dig, 1 can see him. II. 's coming. Now, run!” Mrs Pigcculdn*. fat. : <>r enriil I“-i! ••!. then atiotlmr. so that by the tlm*' Im reached the stv it was DR. EARROWS TREATING A PATIENT WITH FORMALIN FOR ,-’.rfi“l tlrh’ Ami lie never could uu BLOOD POISONING. eurl 't mm! ■ However, tlie pigs ill! Dr. i»r. v. C. C. narrows Barrows Is iq tno tlw xev New York loru phyau-un physician who wu,, rec*ig with any pretensloaf •osar fuCims sritli •> at th 'gilt one. HERBERT SPENCER. l»o A French Drpsity*« For. A French deputy receives a salary of ■ 0,000 francs ($1.900). He also reoetew free railway transportation and free ( InncheoiLS at the Lar at tbs Pululs ' Bourbon, where many a kiwmak.^ ! spends more time than hs does tn the k Salle des Seances. Some are accused of taking all their meals at the free . lunch counter. A deputy even gets, ut j reduced rates, a special brand of cigar, which Is called “eigare de deputes.”, With these cigar» ire treats his influen-' ttal eotortfiwnts. Ln spite of all these privflrgwi there have t*ev r»r-y w» plaints thwire«» hs bac a h-rtr» per- tonal Income, a deputy cannot lint ds sentiy. Therefore many members of [ parliament when they are not well to do have to moke up for toe lnsufflclen cy of their pay by contributing to news- j papers or pleading in the courts.—Con ’ tury. Look II iKtwv. Never cultivate second or third rate folk except for artlstjc purposes. Meet them. If you must; leave them when ; you can. You need expect nothing from I them that they cun courel-ntlously 1 Withhold. for they are after your goods ! While keeping a strict and J uloiis, watch upon tLelr awn. All you can g>*t ! from them ts material, never any spir- , Itual. intellectual, wise, sane er cwrul er helpful messages. Juat Lika a Wonmn. -She's running a correspondes*.'*- reboot; teaches tire secret of suv.eaA" -Just like a woman to tea* aocreta-’’— Detroit T-hrae Pte—..____ — W*u* a .Great llirnw Mnkv» aa»*1 Hud Some Odd Way». Herbert Spencer wan no linguist. Itocause of eye strain which affected his health he did not even know Ger­ man. His pamphlet on education »'as. however, translated iuto fifteen lan­ guages, including Japanese. Spencer was a grant phrase maker. It was he who popularized the word “evolution" and explained one of the ’’* — .me you paOceigua have to be phases of the Darwinian doctrine as on the alert all the timi*’’ “the survival of ths tlttesh" He also "Yea, ma’am; we do. â roundsman Introduced Otots’s oolBrd word "so­ or uu loeyciw |a Itaigfi to happen ciology.** CtaM kM attaute“*c«a6 fatrfc J«atr He w»* a bachelor and lorx lived u MÜ. boaidinw tMw* Finally he »»4 ra an ehtablLsbmmt «f hl» own. where he could have about him people of bis own clioosfDg. A favorite aelaxatlot fn bls inter years was to alt In the open doorway of his house and listen to a piano plnyed In a distant apart­ ment. He had tlie player trained. A thump of bls stick woe the slgfinl for her to stop, nnother thump for tlie mu­ sic to proceed where It broke off Spencer was fond of piny lug billiard« Once at Brighton he invited a smart youth to a game. The philosopher had four Strokes and «con'd two while th • youth ran out . Mr. Spencer put away nnd said to his cue with deliberation < LLs opponent: "A moderate degree <;£ cxpertneM In a i gntao of skill Is agr Visitor—Put your taflk 1r. the right, spent youth. Good iffterrtona.” and no harm can r,«-4 yui Pugilist—Bat was juJr <» trcublc. I Yon might shed your t*nfl put pie faith in me l.re left Srt!r-vx ontiticy w iilfl new JTMÓ- JV..S Coo much tor ore.-pQ0(gHfU New*. ■to’-d the snertfiw, I WHY PIOS HAVE | ; CURLY TAILS \ There was once u a utou, fat pig, »nd she bud Lhree littlo pig ublldreu wlai were so quarrelsome tliat ’lie moth*» had great trouble with tluau lu Dying to keep them quiet wlitto glut took lie» long naps. Sometimes they squealed to loudly that they could bo heard for halt a mile, aud tboti tin* ruother pig who oouM ur k'•■«*» v»tw4 k> a-im*», krosu, tluvA e—z AuuOA 2.» J, ■UoveU liami that wgj* sod till«, ami *U~a Usry w«e quiet tohi thiz. thut klu- would uDt let ttaig Usv* sr.ythfrg st all to eat If they <1M nut behave. There was sure to be peace for awhile ¡u tlie sty theu. Hav-iug settled t!i.i^ tire return* I with a self SLtlsfii-d ulr to U-r sinus bets, for she fult the. world waa in­ debted to her for Laving put an end to » bulsunce. Out day the pig family had i.ud u very fine dinner. So Moth* r D g de* !'! id »he would Lave to sleep the root o« tne day. • But it wilh not very toi.g to lore tlio youiigsfers nv. ke and s'grt. J yut to hunt something more to eet I’lnkey w.w n corncob and ran for >1, Put Br.at'hy aud Tully saw It. tog mid they nil luxMCie ho excited In tryl.ig h to get It for himself that timy f -U i r their mother, tred o»i I„ r sld.» thue kicking her :t. 1 - »!'• i; .'•■ »1 « loudly as they The mother aroso In e fury mid them out of the sty. “Hmw!* fo» “yoff she luliim*! Very Cholly—Tlmt deg knows Ju es I do. Adeline- 1 dare i-iv. Jn.t the Hoy For th- Fitte*». Butcher (to applicant for situation)— Let me hear you go through th« weight» table, boy Boy — Fi.nrteen ounces rtmke ona pound, and— Buteher-Tbat 'll do. I'll engage you. The Great I'ncllt, Bnaiu. The greatest b.v far a mo,' .rent g* I'ogrnpliie features la the Pacific b isln. if all the continents mid it»aml,< i . onu- Ing the face m' tlie earth w r ■ jolticd lu on» great coullueul, ii ■ ex.ciò w oilld scarce equal 11 .t oi the gn.:. i O e.m, ami if the mass of all the lands ■ < the glolm above tea I* \ el wile pom..I Into tlie Pacific linrelv more (han a i .■! ;htb of the basin”would be tilled, Lti. i tlie Geographical . me. 1 . .th» of our world surface Is w:it . A full third of this vast ei.uiilis < r a <.carle/ of tlie sup* Ilins o the plam t, hi that of I he great ocean, wiuio ill . ses ara of such iLvptli Ihnt ,u fidi 1. if of tlw water of lì e earth is : th I luto Ita basin. In ever;, vii -, ' :e!ilc 1* vast, so vest as to tax if vol > uu»- pas» our powers ot cuUtemplulio.u Sentlmenlul June, "Jane Is so sentimental. V,';., :i he» Gog died, she wrote u co> ¡>iet a' out it.” •‘Doggerel. 1 suppose." ”1 su (lose .<■. Anyway, she v . do 1)