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Chicago Examiner.
Marvelous, j j
Quaint and Curious.
Chair Brong-ht In the Mayflower.
How frequently do we obtain, f roon
the ordinary articles of domestic life
which they were accustomed to use, a
correct idea of the
habits and tastes of
whole communities
which have long
elnce passed away.
A striking Instance
of this Is the chair,
of which the above
Is a correct sketch.
It belonged to John
Carver,, who was
one of the band of
single-hearted men
who constituted the rilgrtm Fathers,
and who after first setting out from
Holland, eventually sailed from Plym
outh, In England, In August, 1G20. They
landed In Cape Ood Harbor, New Eng
land, on the 9th of November follow
ing. Carver was one of the chief
spirits of the band, and the chair
which we have sketched was one of,
hi best articles of furniture, which he
took with him in the Mayflower. He
was elected the first governor of the
community, and died In the year fol
lowing his election. How forcibly does
It show the simplicity of taste, and the
freedom from pomp and vanity which
characterized the devoted and fearless
men who left their native shores, and
sought "freedom to worship God" In
a land to them unknown, that they
should have selected as their first gov
ernor, an Individual, the best chair In
whose house was the homely article
which we have here depicted.
WAS IN THE SIEGE OF PEKIN.
K. II. Conner, ex-MInlster to China,
Who Died tn California.
Only a few years ago, when the Eu
ropeans and Americans In Pekln, China,
were being besieged- In the foreign le
gation by the mur
derous Boxers, the
name of Edwin II.
Conger was famil
iar to everybody.
Recently Mr. Con
ger died In Pasa
dena, Cal.
Mr. Conger was
a native of Illinois
and was C4 years
of age. He served
through the civil
war and rose to the
CONGER,
rank of major. Aft
erer the war he graduated in law and
practiced In Oalesburg, 111. Soon aft
erwards he went to Iowa and engaged
In politics, banking aud stock raising.
He served two terms as State Treas
urer of Iowa and three terms In Con
gross. In 1890 President Harrison appoint
ed him Minister to Brazil. In 1898
Mr. McKlnley transferred him to
China. In the troublous times of the
Boxer rebellion It was he who suc
ceeded In sending dispatches to Ameri
ca when other foreign representatives
could get nothing through. In 1891 he
cerved for a brief time as Minister to
Mexico.
DOQ WAS HARMLESS.
jlrare Policeman Missed Chance to
Get a Medal.
The occupants of the residence at
440 Hale street came to Policeman An
derson last night In dire distress, tell
.dng him in Jerky sentences that a huge
mastiff, or bulldog, "they didn't know
(which," had taken refuge under the
eorapany bod," and that all their ef
forts to dislodge the canlue from Its
Adopted stronghold had proven unsuc
cessful, says the Augusta Chronicle.
The officer, ever on the alert to ren
der any assistance necessary to the
people on his beat, repaired hastily to
tho house in question, picturing the
while to himself the mortal combat
which was destined to take place when
B. H.
he should try his hand at routing the
enemy.
Intent, It seemed, upon making the
picture all the worse, the frjghtened
natives who had sought out Policeman
Anderson put In good time while the
party was approaching the house In
In describing the terrible foamlngs at
the mouth, the greenlsh-hued eyes of
tho hydrophobiacally Inclined canine,
and, In general, the unmistakable signs
evinced by his dogshlp to the effect
that it had started on the warpath
with blood In Its eye.
Just as the policeman was In the
act of entering the house he spied a
goose-necked hoe.
"An Ideal weapon," he exclaimed,
with set Jaws and a gleam In his steely
gray eyes, which betoken sudden and
terrible death for the dog which had
dared to encroach upon the privacy of
a man's hearthstone.
The room had been deserted while
the policeman wa coming to the res
cue, and he wasfollowed by a few of
the braver ones pf the family, who en
tered the apartment on tiptoe.
"Yes t Yes I Be quick, for God's sake
be quick, man ; that dog may leap upon
you at any moment"
The policeman poked the murderous
looking hoe under the clean-sheeted
"company bed," and a thunderous
growl caused his blood to run cold.
After many skillful manipulations he
succeeded in hemming In the beast,
and then dragged from the mysterious
hiding place the dog with rabies which
had caused all the trouble.
It's really a shame to go any further
but here It comes.
The mad dog, to use Policeman An
derson's own language, was nothing
more than a "shaggy little old 'nigger'
dog," and as it emerged, dusty, from
under the bed, It fawned upon the
nervy policeman and licked his out
stretched hand.
INFANTRY ON THE MARCH. ,
Length of Pace and Speed In tht
Armies of the World.
The average rate of march of the
armies of to-day so far as drill Is con
cerned, Is about 120 paces a minute, or
about two steps a second. However,
there are some small differences in the
different arms, and a few troops are
trained to march at a much higher rate
of speed.
The Russian soldier takes 112 to 116
steps a minute, the German 114, the
Austrian 115, the French, Italian and
United States 120. The French chas
seurs, however, make 145 and the Ital
ian Bersagllere 150.
The length of the pace should, of
course, also be considered. The Rus
sian pace Is 28 inches, the Austrian
29, the French and Italian 30, while
the German is 81 V4 and therefore sur
passes all others.
The Russian soldier can therefore
cover In one minute from 77.1 to 90.2
yards, the Austrian 93.5,, the French
and Italian 98.4, while the German cov
ers more than aiy very nearly 100
yards.
But In modern battle It Is a question
of utilising cover, rapidly moving over
short Intervals from cover to cover,
climbing over hedges and other obstruc
tions, more than marching. Witness
the small and agile Japanese and the
tall, robust Russians.
Marching power comes Into play In
getting troops into position, but It is
usually more staying power than the
capacity to march well at drill or man
euvers that counts In the long run.
Nevertheless, troops can be Intelligent
ly trained to do both, and both will
come Into play in action. New- York
Sun.
, Their Mecca.
. "But, dear," said the caller, "I don't
see why you should care to change the
name of your charming little country
place. Idlewhlle Is so romantic. It
seems to signify dreamy Idleness."
"That's Just the trouble," replied the
housewife. "It was too suggestive."
"In what way?",
"Why, it attracted all the tramps In
the county." Chicago News.
Very few things that happen In this
world seem Intended for the relief of
nervous people.
Blessed by Comparison.
No one who had the. slightest. knowl
edge of the facts could Imagine that
Sallle Royce had an easy time of It.
The eldest of three sisters left alone
in the world, she had problems of mo
ment to solve. Sh made not Infre
quent visits to the parsonage, and told
her perplexities out of a full and some
times a sorrowful heart One day,
when extra burdens weighed upon her,
he came with a tale of woe.
"Trust God and don't worry," was
all the minister could say. "You are
doing your best Have , faith and be
patient"
The advice seemed trite, and easier
to give than to take.
But while she was there Miss Poxon
entered. Now, those who do not know
Miss Poxon ought to know what man
ner of woman she is. She scrubs floors,
and teaches Sunday school classes, and
scolds recreant husbands, and per
forms other useful services in connec
tion with a settlement of the Young
Women's Christian Association. She
is a character the like of which one
might go far to meet. "What Is It to
day?" asked the minister.
"I want you to' buy four tickets to
the concert and let me give them to
the Mavowskls ; poor things, they want
to go and can't, and the profits are for
the playground; and I'm going to ask
Mrs. Packard to buy four more for an
other family; and I need some malted
milk for Mrs. Petruski; they've Just
got their twelfth baby, and the last one
not fourteen months old, and her hus
band sitting round the house and do
ing nothing, and the children all puny
till they get old enough to go to work
and get enough to eat
"I should like to see the whlpping-
!post established; I should faint if I
had to. do the whlpplug, but I believe
I could salt them a little ; and old Mrs.
Wiggln you remember old Mrs. Wig
gin that you sent the cloak to? Well,
she's little Mary's mother, you know,
that sings; and she's down with some
thing the matter with her thigh ; It
was a muscle gave way, but I. guess
it's some cancerous trouble,
"She sews the collars on vests, and
gets three cents apiece, and when she
got that hurt she got round on a cane
as long as she could, and now her
wrist's given out the same way; and
when you come in Sunday afternoon to
preach at the mlsslont do you suppose
you can come over and pray for her?
"And there's the Hofers, you know.
There's a man that's good for some
thing, but he got hurt, and now Jim
tnle's bad to stop school and go to
work, and "
There are no periods In Miss Poxon's
conversations ; she goes on until some
thing happens. But Sallle could hear
no more.
"I'm Just ashamed Of myself!" she
:rled. "And to think I come here to
tell my troubles!"
"Is your rent paid?" asked Miss
Poxon, and without waiting for an an
swer, followed the question by a string
of others. "Do all your folks keep so
ber? Have you got good shoes? Well,
then, my dear, you don't know what
trouble is! And sometimes I get so
tired ; I had to scrub a floor this morn
ing, and take three children to the
Home for the Friendless, and a man
scowled when the baby cried, aud I
Just told him they were not my chil
dren, and where I was taking them,
and I'd paid my fare and those chil
flren were going to ride, and if he
iidn't like It be could take another
car ; and I do get pretty tired, but It's
lots of fun to be helping somebody;
and dear, If you've got good shoes, and
the rent is paid, and your folks are
kind, and you can say your prayers at
night and go to sleep, don't ever think
you have any trouble, for you haven't"
Youth's Companion.
The Power Divine.
Whatever the trial or difficulty that
may beset and hamper the christian
life, there Is little doubt that to con
sider the will power as divine instead
of human would mean added strength,
surer victory and stronger character.
If each one believed he possesses a
spark of divine will entrusted to him
by the great Master, and as fast as he
uses this bit entrusted to him, be may
draw on the never-diminishing supply
for more, would we not find ourselves
relying on something so much stronger
than the weak, human will that we
could go out "conquering and to con
quer?"
It is only by meeting all temptations
and overcoming them that we learn
the lessons of life. Maybe not all on
this plane of existence. Maybe Borne
things are not temptations to us that
are so to others. Perhaps in forgot
ten experiences we have overcome
them. The things we are fighting to
day. If we overcome them before the
night comes, will be put as far from us
as the east is from the west, and we
will have time In "the eternal years,"
we will have energy and strength, to
learn new lessons.
Acknowledging; God.
Addison has said : "If you wish suc
cess in life make preseverance your
bosom friend, experience your wise
counsellor, caution your elder brother
and hope your guardian genius."
A shorter recipe is to 'acknowledge
God in all your ways. There are two
ways In which people pass through
jthla world, one la by remembering and
the other Is by forgetting God. To all
of as God Is out of sight To some in
deed He Is out of mind. While the na
ural eye cannot see God, the spiritual
eye can see Him. The eye of the soul
sees God through faith. Walking by
faith Is always surer than walking by
sight There are countless false paths,
but the traveller need not take any of
them. Faith in God makes the mind
clear so that we act wisely and right
ly. Rev. G. W. Barnes, D. D.
Let Me hat Lire.
Let me but live my life from year to
year.
With forward face and unrelactant
oul, ,
Not hastening to, nor turning from,
the goal;
Not mourning for the things that dis
appear In the dim past, nor holding back In
fear
From what the future veils, but with
a whole
And happy heart, that pays Its toll
To Youth and Age, and travels on with
cheer.
So let the way wind up the hill or down,
Though rough or smooth, the journey
will be joy ;
Still seeking what I sought when but
a boy,
New friendship, high adventure, and a
crown,
I shall grow old, but never lose life's
test,
Because the road's last turn will be the
best
Henry Van Dyke, D. D.
He Caret h for All,
There is nothing so high as to be
abov God's care, and nothing so lowly
as to be beneath It He Who keeps
alive the unquenchable light of the star
visible to a hemisphere, kindles the
small taper of the glowworm that
gleams In the twilight on the mossy
Jank. He Who piles up and loosens
the Alpine avalanche, shapes the crys
tals of each falling snowflake. He Who
guides and bridles the storm wave that
breaks in thunder upon the reef, pre
serves each invisible coral animal that
builds its lime cell beneath the boom
ing surf. He Who sees from His glo
rious throne the seraph veiling his face
with his wings, takes note of the spar
row falling to the ground, and careth
for you. '
The Lla-ht of Joy.
We all have our sorrows, and they
may be very bitter. We all have to
endure pain, perhaps, again and again,
and It may be very hard to endure. We
all have our griefs and our losses, i.nd
ofttimes our hearts may seem to break.
But through all these experiences the
light of joy may continue to shine
within xis, and our peace need not be
broken. The happiness God gives Is
part of the life of Heaven, and in that !
home the light goeth not out by day,
and there is no night there. Rev. J. R,
Miller.
CANADA'S USE OF NIAGARA.
Government Competes with Private
Power Companies.
The development of the hydraulic
power of Niagara on the Canadian side
is leading to some Interesting se
quences, says Cassler's Magazine.
A tribunal called the Hydro-Electric
Power Commission has been created,
and In the hands of this body has been
placed the entire domestic regulation
of the power product of stations com
ing within government control.
In addition there has been given to
the various municipalities the right (to
undertake the distribution of electrical
energy within their respective limits.
In order that the commission may be
in a position to dictate terms to the ex
isting private companies It Is Important
that the co-operation of the municipal
ities be obtained, and this appears to be
partially accomplished.
The city of Toronto has already ar
ranged for 15,000 horse-power of elec
tric energy from Niagara, ,the price be
ing $14 to $16 per horse-power for a
supply for a 24-hour day, including
transmission to Toronto, the local dis
tribution to be In the bands of the mu
nicipality, and It Is believed that a
number of other cities and towns wi..
make similar arrangements.
These agreements are made with the
Hydro-Electric Power Commission, and
it In turn must either secure the power
supply from the existing private com
panies or else proceed to develop its
own stations. ,
It is hardly probable that the latter
alternative will be found necessary,
since the result would be to leave the
private corporations with the greater
part of their prospective custom per
manently taken away, so that the real
consequence of the recent legislation Is
to compel the companies to supply the
municipalities through the commission
at prices determined by the engineers
of the new body.
It Is possible that such measures will
prove' advantageous to the public, but
much will depend upon the manner In
which the law Is carried out It has
been intimated that this legislation will
render It exceedingly difficult for pro
moters to Induce outside capital to en
gage In the development of natural re
sources la Canada hereafter.
A BlaramUt.
Little Willie Fapa, what is a bica
mist? .
Mr. Hennypeck A bigamist my son,
Is a Shs-s-s-sl Is that your mamma
coming up the street? No, I see It Isn't
Well, a bigamist is a benefactor who
prevents at least one of his fellow men
from marrying. Puck.
Earring Shaped Lake.
The Pend d'Orellle lake, In Idaho,
took its name from lta shape, which re
sembles that of an earring.
"Not any for me," said the young
man with the beginning of a full-sized
i mustache. "You can count me out
I nt it "
"Ah, what's the matter with you?"
remonstrated the still younger man.
"You'll have the time of your life. All
the old push Is going to be there
Jimmy and Ben and Tod Williams,
Sam and me, and the girls. You can
come Just as well as not you and
Mame."
The young man with the bristling
upper lip shook his head.
"What's the matter with you, you
old stiff?"
I "That's what You've said It I'm
' rrn nxrt. .in T f mi fiy 4f,A nrflrm
giouiiici uvni ,ia .v. buv " " r
cozy chimney corner and soft victuals.
I'm getting stiff in the Joints and my
eyesight ain't what it used to be."
"Aw, come off !"
"Hey?" said the young man with the
mustache, scooping his hand behind his
ear, "I guess you'll have to talk a lit
tle louder. I'm hard of hearing."
"Come and have something," said the
other young man. "I'll buy."
"Not even that No, Willie, you and
the rest of the children can go and play
and have a good time, but me and
Mame ain't taking chances on frost
bites this late In the season. If you
want any good advice or anything of
that sort come around and we'll give' It
to you, but we're out of the kindergar
ten." "All swelled up, ain't you?"
"No, that ain't It I feel Just as
kittenish as I ever did, too, or I do un
til I get to sporting around with you.
Then I get the rheumatics in my back
all of a sudden and I walk flat-footed.
It ain't so bad for Mame, but I've got
to get a divorce before I can shine in
society any more. Being married makes
a difference."
GOOD
I Shorty
totiesl
A young clergyman in a remote coun
try district wrote last Easter time to
Bishop Potter, saying that he was about
to take a wife and asking If, to save
some other clergyman a long and weary
Journey, he could not marry himself.
The bishop's reply was marvelously con
cise. It said: "Could you bury your
self?" An old white-haired darky living on
a plantation, not feeling well, had the
doctor pay him a visit The doctor told
him as he was getting old he must.eat
plenty of chicken, and stay out of damp
night air. "But, sah!" said the oia
darky, "How can you spect me to stay
in de house at night and still get my
chickens?"
A certain man, who was recently re
elected to a position that he had held
for many years, met a friend who con
gratulated him on his continued good
fortune. To this the other repuea:
"Yes, but It can't always last; I'll
have to give it up some day. I feel a
great deal like a man I knew who work
ed in one place for forty years, and when
discharged at last on account or old
age remarked : 'Well, when I came here
I knew I wouldn't have a steady Job.' "
The famous Field family, Cyrus and
his brothers and sisters, were brought
up to obey. The father was a clergy
man with $800 a year for nine children,
and frugality and right living were ab
solutely necessary. Once a useful rat
trap was missing. The father gave or
ders that when It was found It should
be brought directly to him. A few days
afterward during service, when the ser
mon was in full swing, there was a
clattering up the alple. It was two of
the Field boys carrying the lost rat
trap. They gravely set It down before
the pulpit One of them said simply:
"Father, here's you rat-trap." Then
they turned and went out
J. G. Phelps Stokes spoke with good
humored regret at a dinner In New
York of a charity that had failed. "But
It failed through its own fault," said
Mr. Stokes. "It failed because It was
mistaken. It suggests to me an expe
rience of a friend of mine in Ireland.
My friend, at about this season. last
year, was motoring through a remote
region of Ireland, and one day he came
upon a poor old woman seated with all
her humble furniture about her In the
middle of the road before her little
cabin. My friend was profoundly
moved. Here before his very eyes an
eviction, a real Irish eviction, was tak
ing place. He got out of his car and
gave the old woman a 5 nofe. Tell
me,' he said, 'what is the trouble, my
poor friend?" Bobbing and courtesylng
her gratitude the old woman replied:
'Sure, sir, me ould man's whitewash
In'." Hlats In Cslna- Telephone.
The art of telephoning Is still an ac
compllshment that few people regard
as a necessary part of their education.
Tte way to use the transmitter Is to
"It doesn't need to make a dlffer
ence." (; ' f : "" ' "
"Don't j you bet any money on that
and leave it to a married man to' de
cide. It makes all the difference there"
la I got the notion that I was quite
a boy before the gentleman with the
white tie got that $10 note out of me..
I thought I stood ace high. Why, say,,
right up to the time that linen shower
broke loose on us I was In good stand
ing with the bunch, but I felt the
change two minutes after they did the
congratulate-chu stunt
"The same day we got back I met
little Gladys on the street and when
we parted I had to turn up my coat
collar. She -was me f riend, too, but she
couldn't se4 that glad band I was
holding out to her. Oh, she was nice,,
but things had changed since Willie
died. 'Nothing doing,' she says. 'You're
a has-been merely. You needn't try
to cover up your label, because I know
It's there. I'll be as kind as I can be
to you and I don't want to hurt your
feelings, but how's Mame? Tell her
to come and see me soon. ' And you
come, too, if you don't mind being in.
the way.' She didn't say that all out
loud, but I could hear It Just, the
same." I
"What do you want, anyway?" asked:
the other young man. "I'll have 'em
all get up and hug you when you come
In if that will satisfy you." j
"No," said the brlciegroora, sadly..
"Spare me tha Willie. It's bad enoughs
the way it is, but I can stand It as.
long as you don't make it worse. If
you went around trying to put the girl
up to any game like that It's a four
ace bet they'd do it and not thlnt.
anything particular of it Oh, I'll come
lf you're going to lay down on me. E
suppose I might as well try to get ac
customed to it ' but, all the same,1 It
comes a little hard at first" Chicago-
Dally News., '
place the Hps within half an inch' of)
the mouthpiece and speak in a conJld-C
erably lower tone; than you ordinarily'
use in face-to-face conversation. , . 'M
The reason for this Is simple. ; Jusfcr7,
behind the mouthpiece Is an aluminl- ,'
urn diaphragm backed with a very tblm
sheet of hard carbon. Between this),
sheet of carbon and the points of con
tact of the wires Is a space filled wltb
finely powdered carbon. i
The sound waves! of.jthe voice, make
the aluminium diaphragm vibrate and.
this In turn affects the carbon sheet,
which stirs the granulated carbon be
hind it.
The electrical current that is pass
ing through the carbon powder feels
all these vibrations, however slight, and.
reproduces them in the receiver and
the other end of the line, setting In mo
tion sound waves corresponding to
those In the transmitter.
If you shout at the transmitter , he-
vibrations may be so violent as to re
sult in only a confusing jumble at the
other end of the wire. Besides, loud
talking through a telephone Is distress
ing to the listener, who, you must , re
member, gets the full volume of sound
very close to his ear.
If you hear aj telephone man talking
by wire you will notice that he drawl
his words a little not enough to make
conversation noticeably slow, but suf
ficiently so that one word is started on
its way before another can tread on it
heels. C v
Clippfng words, which la sometimes
done under the.lmprcsslon that it gives
them a sharper sound, is a' mistake..
Even for talking over considerable dis
tances the voice should be lowered la
telephone conversations. Brooklyn
Eagle. j i
Both Were Badly Hart. j
She said something that rubbed him .
the wrong way. Seeing the look of
pique on his face, she cried: "Oh, my
darling, my darling, I have hurt yod !"
"No, my dearest" he replied, gravely. .
"The hurt I feel Is due to the fact tnat
I know it hurts you to feel that you
have hurt me!" j
"Ah, no! Do not let that hurt you
for an instant My hurt Is because, I
know It hurts you to feel that I have
hurt myself by hurting you."
"No, my precious. My hurt Is be
cause you are hurt over feeling that I '
am hurt because you feel that you have
hurt me, and are therefore hurt your
self, and " 1
Let us leave them, dear reader. They
wlll get over it in time. Pathfinder.
How He Can;ht Them.
Archbishop Whately had a true sense
of grammar, says an old Englishman;,
who remembers-him, and delighted! to V
Bprtng'eateh questions. One was: j Tr
"Whales the vocative of cat?" J ?- ,
Generally the assured answer' was. j'
ro cat!" ;-, --. . A-
i
The archbishop would smile then and;
say, "No. Puss, puss P"
It's time to stand from under when
the man who knows It all starts to tell
you all he knows. .
T?T01-v 1aaIti9 tlnVof in m ti
represents just that much rainbow: ,
gold. . .
It Is bo much easier for a child to la L
herit red hair than brains, f ''
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