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Henry Cmlninn Totter, Disliop of the Episcopal diocese of New York,
Whose death Is mourned by thousands, was horn In Schenectady, N. Y. In
1830, and came from a family of famous churchmen. His father and an
undo were bishops before him, and It was natural for him to follow In their
footsteps. It was not the original Intention of his father to have him enter
the ministry. The elder Potter selected the life of a groceryman for his
son, and this was the first business In which he engaged after leavlnj? school.
It was not to Ills liking, and he entered the Episcopal Seminary of Virginia
at Alexandria, from which he graduated In 1857 at the age of 22, when he
was ordained a deacon, liishop Totter wos well known as an educator. Ilia
Influence In secular affairs extended far beyond the pale of the church.
As bishop his Influence In broadening the human sympathies of .church
work throughout the diocese and in bringing It Into touch with the social
movements of a complex civilization was incalculable, and he always accom
plished his ends without weakening the church's tenets or compromising Its
' historic and llturglc integrity, of which he was a staunch upholder. Cul
tured, sunve, a prince at dinner, he was yet, whenever occasion required, a
rugged defender of his faith, and his unwavering faith was that of his church.
The bishop was married twice. Ills second wife and several children by his
first marriage survive him.
invention
The meteor trains studied by Prof
Trowbridge of Columbia University, are
the luminous streaks often seen In the
woke of shooting stars, and they may
continue ninny minutes, or even an
hour or more. They drift slowly and
become distorted, as if by air currents.
They seem to be sel Mum hums, and may
sometimes be seou in daytime. They
somewhat resemble the after-glow on
turning off the surrent from vacuum
tube electrodes. The glow is greenish
yellow, diffuses KM) yards u minute, and
Is most striking at n pressure- calcu
lated to be that or the atmospphere at
height of fifty-live miles.
Itecent study of the Hottentot
tribes in Southwestern Africa leads to
the interesting suggestion that the
Uushiuan type of negro once ranged
from Central and Western Europe,
across the Mediterranean, and down
tiio east const of Africa, to the lands
where these people are now found.
This Is bused upon the superficial re
semblance In features between some of
the lUishman ami Hottentot types and
some of the peasant population of parts
of Central Europe, eastern France ond
some parts of Ireland. Sir II. II. John
nton remarks that the Itushnuui tribes
nro scarcely In an age of stone, but
rather in nn age of bone, wood and
skins. Their arrow heads are usually
made of bone. Wood, leather, gourds
nnd thorns are the materials from
which utensils and ornaments are com
monly made.
ow tmu me season or tnmnier
(forms Is ,here, this long-debated sub
ject assumes fresh Interest. It has
been redlseussed by Ir. A. V. Porth-
wlck, In "Notes from the Itoyal llotanlc
Garden of Edinburgh," who concludes
that no tree Is Immune, and that light
ning will strike one species quite as
readily as another. In opposition to
the popular belief that "It Is quite safe
to stand upder a beceh. while the dan
ger under a resinous tree or an oak Is,
respectively, 15 or 50 times as great."
Doctor ltorthwlck says that the beech
Is struck quite as frequently as any
other tree. Apparently the taller
trees In any neighborhood tre the oues
most liable to be struck.
If the use of the various means of
communication Is to be considered ns n
measure of civilization, this country
certainly appears to nn advantage when
compared with Europe. The last fig
ure obtainable are for the year ending
January 1. t'5. Of letters and pos
tal cards, each 1.000 persons sent tf.719,
as compared to 2s),r54 for Europe. In
the atter of telegrams each 1.000
Americans sent 1,01)1) messages for
UOURED BY THOUSANDS.
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every 731 transmitted by Europeans.
P.ut It Is In the matter of telephonic
messages that the Inhabitants of the
United States far surpassed those of
the Old World. While each 1,000 of
population In the old country sent 7,304
messages by the telephone, each 1,000
Americans sent 44,3-14, or more than
six times as many.
LOSES PRESENCE OF MIND.
(.uext, TlintiKh Forewarned, Pnta
llH(ea In a Predicament.
An amusing anecdote was told by
young matron the other day apropos of
absent-minded persons. She had been
married only a short time and was giv
ing a luncheon to some of her mother's
friends. She was particularly anxious
to have everything go off well, that her
reputation as n housekeeper might be
established. The little menu was made
out n'ter much consultation with the
new. French cook. She had trimmed
the table with her own hands and nil
was fn charming readiness, when at the
eleventh hour an old school friend ar
rived from out of town and asked If
she could stay for luncheon. It was
most Inconvenient, but the warm
hearted bride welcomed hor.
"Stay, by all means, dear Amy," sh
said. "Hut there Is one condition,
Please do not take any chaudfrolds.
There was not enough chicken and the
cook has only Just told me. These
French people are so economical. Hut,
after all, If you nnd I both say 'No' to
them, they are sure' to go around
Don't forget, dear."
Amy promised faithfully and went
upstairs to prepare for the party. The
guests arrived pro.nptly and the lunch
eon began with an excellent melon for
each. The hostess, having been warn
ed against too much food, esiMjclally as
there was to be bridge afterwards, had
cut out all the extras and limited her
dishes to the melons, a cheese souflle
and the chaudfrolds. The last she re
fused when they came her way and
trembled at the small amount on the
dish. There was not even any extra
aspic Jelly, but she reflected with re
lief that there would be Just enough
when Amy refused. Then, to her hor
ror, she saw her absent-minded friend
not only take one, but two, uixin her
plate. The waitress had not sufficient
presence of mind to halve the remaind
er, so two women went without any.
"And I am sure," added the narrator,
In conclusion, "that they all went home
hungry. Why, 1 blush even now when
I think of that luucheou." New York
Trlbuue.
Ont of the Frying Pan.
"Do you love me well enough to
give up cigars?"
"Certainly. Besides, after we an,
married I won't be able to afford any
thing but a pipe." Illinois State
Journal.
An ounce of action Is better than a
pound of that tired feeling.
HAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warning Note Calling (ha Wicked
to Repentance.
Conceit blinds
many a man to
the truth, t
Faith Is reason
resting on revela
tion. Every master
must ever be a
pupil.
If - a godless
man got Into heaven, he would be glad
to get out.
God not only pardons, He forgive.
The works of God's machines are all
hidden.
Christian fellowship is through the
Father.
The richer the Jewel, the ncrder the
cuttlnst.
Death Is a river to some and a ferry
to others.
Men need new forces, rather than
new forms.
The Holy Spirit Is the best teacher
of theology.
The man who wavers cannot expect
God's favors.
Atheism dethrones reason and exalts
folly as king.
Paul said nothing about the number
of his converts.
Faith and zeal always outstrip rea
son and eloquence.
A religion without the Holy Ghost
is not Christianity.
The more godly men are, the more
human they will be.
More depends on your inletting than
on God's outpouring.
The early preachers never belonged
to the "aristocracy."
"Exalting human nature'' Is what
Sutun did to tempt Eve.
The Bible answers the question,
why? and science, how?
The unmarked providences of GoA
are the most remarkable.
If the saloon exists in your city, It
is too close to your home.
Expression is the breath of love;
withdraw it, and love soon dies.
Mathematics cannot determine the
difference between one man and two.
It Is a poor preacher Indeed who
can't tell people more than they can
practice.
It is often easier to be neighbor to
the stranger than to the man over your
back fence.
PASSING OP AFRICAN GAME.
Imminent Extinction of Many Spe
clea Leads to Protective Lawn. -
For two centuries there has been lit
tle let or hindrance to the slaughter of
animal life in southern Africa. But
now game laws exist nnd with their
enforcement it Is expected that the sup-
ply of game can be kept up and that
some of the old hunting grounds may
be restocked.
Lions are still plentiful over large
areas and even in the mining districts
of Rhodesia. Elephants are becoming
scarce, being practically extinct south
of the Zambesi, except on the east
coast and In a few parts of Rhodesia.
They are now strictly protected to
save them from extinction.
The rhinoceros Is rare, except in the
Portuguese country south of the Zam
besi. The hippopotamus Is to be found
only In Orange river, the streams of
Zululand and In the Portuguese rivers,
Ono of the remarkable natives Is
King Khamn. The headquarters of his
tribe Is Serowe, a town of 20,000. Here
and In all his dominions he has abol
Ished European liquors, and their la
traduction or use is followed by severe
punishment. He has suppressed witch
craft and so encouraged education that
most of his people can read.
The Mashonaland plateau Is begin
ning to fill up with European farmers,
With its perfect climate nnd fertile
land it grows every kind of crops of
tho temperate zone and the fanners
are already looking forward to raising
enough to supply the whole of Rho
desia. Thus throughout the "dark con
tlnent" in whatever direction there are
evidences of a rapidly growing clvllta
tlon. Indianapolis News.
The Glory of New York.
What other city Is there of like she
which matches New York In position.
It is a seaside city; the salt water
laves its feet. As the traveler ap
proaches It he thinks of Venice rising
from the sea or is perhaps reminded of
ancient Tyre, which "stood out in the
sea as a hand from a wrist," and of
which the houses were Impressively
tall. "Impressive" Is not too indulgent
a word for the skyscrapers of New
York clean faced, simple, original and
audacious, they, are characteristic of
the land and of the people. They are
not ugly concessions to utility, but a
rather grand adaptation of architecture
to circumstances. The ancients, har
assed with dread of piracy, would not
have dared to build a city like New
York on the edge of a great harbor
open to the sen. It Is something which
the modern world alone could have
given us. London Spectator.
Brevity.
"Too many words are wearisome,
said Kwoter. "Brevity Is the soul tf
wit."
"Not always," replied the observer;
'but. In any eveut. it Is always com
mendable." Philadelphia Press.
Worry Regarded aa Dlaemae.
Physicians are beginning to recog
nize worry as a disease, to be pre
scribed for like any other malady.
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Terhaps the most superstitious class
of people in the United States are the
otherwise hard-headed, keen-witted
railroad men. They are fatalists by
circumstances of a life of constant dan
ger. Death is a commonplace; acci
dent and Injury all in the day's work
and line of duty. Contempt of death,
akin to that of the fanatic Mussulman,
but 'without the allurement of the
black-eyed hourl paradise. Is bred by
familiarity, the never-ending risk of
life and limb, ns told in the grim sta
tistics of railroad fatalities. . Many
bloody campaigns of great wars show
fewer casualties than the annual death
and accident report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This makes
life cheup und Its risk and sacrifice
for so much per diem au Incident The
railroad man lives in an atmosphere of
the fatal chance and nerve-teasing un
certainty. Death may be speeding to
ward him and around the curve ahead;
the next pounding of the massive driv
ers may strike a broken rail; the
tower signal man makes his awful er
rors in au almost unvarying average;
the landslide and the tampered switch
are entirely beyond prevision. And it
Is this doniinaney of chance, of the un
prevised, the unexpected, the unfore
seen, utterly baffling human ingenuity,
that makes the average railroad man
as superstltlously futullstlc as a whirl
ing dervish or a warrior of the Mad
Mullah.
This environment of the fatal
chance, emphasizing human futility and
powerlessness, creates a rich soil for
omen, charm und fetich, and few rail
road men can be found who are not in
oculated with the virus of protecting
superstition. Press them closely, and
seven out of ten will confess it In a
half shame-faced, half defiant way.
lor instance, it is considered most
unlucky among engineers to take an
engine out lor its first run Friday or
on that fatal day to put the finishing
touches to It In the shop.
Trainmen, particularly brnkemen of
the old school, believe it is bad luck If
' MOUNTED NURSE3.
They May Become a Feature of the
Enifltah Army.
Army nursing may be revolutionized
as the re3ult of a course of training
instituted at the North London Riding
School, where the Islington Drill Bri
gade Girls' Yeomanry, twenty-five
strong, la showing what mounted horses
wuld do In the field.
The Innovation will be brought un
officially to the notice of the British
military department at the next annual
show of the navy and army, and It U
believed the army medical corps will
give the Idea more than passing con
sideration. The work of the girls' bri
gade Is a revelation to every army offi
cer who witnesses it.
They arc trrilued to all the arts of
nursing before being advanced to the
brigade service. In this their work Is
to bind up the wounds of any soldier
found helpless In the field, hoist him
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r.pon their horses and ride with him to
lh field hospital. All this they do In
their r gular drills with surprising pro
ficieiicy. .trmy ofhVens are already discussing
fje practicability of the plan. The
ui sf reasonable objection urged Is the
(ursMi-n of being able to mount nurses
where every available horse Is needed
ftr fi'at!"g arid transport work. Most
of tS o!uc;s admit tliat the women
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a woman is the first to enter the" train
at the beginning of the trip. They will
resort to ruse or diplomacy to avert
such an Invitation of accident. They
will stop a woman with slow Inquiries
about her ticket or destination In order
that a masculine foot will be the first
to ascend the steps. It is also consid
ered bad luck for the train to permit
a cripple or a hunchback to enter first.
A one-armed man among passengers
upon a train is also viewed with sus
picion as an omen of accident
Sometimes a careless fireman will let
the engine bell toll. Such an untoward
accident means that some member of
the engineer's family will soon die. Old
time engineers will not count the num
ber of cars In a train as it rounds a
curve. It Is considered bad luck.
As would naturally be expected from
the wide prevalence of the number 3
superstition, It occupies an important
place among railroad men's omens. It
Is the firm conviction of almost all
railroad men that when one man Is
killed or Injured In railroad work two
other fatalities or accidents will follow
In rapid succession. It Is considered
unlucky, before two or three days have
elapsed, for a railroad man to take the
place of another who has been killed
lu an accident.
Engineers see an omen of death upon
the trip If the headlight of their en
gine accidentally goes out as the en
gine is leaving the roundhouse.
A left-handed engineer is viewed as
a hoodoo by many trainmen. It Is be
lieved his presence in the cab Invites
disaster, and old-time firemen and
brakemen seek transfer to other trains
as soon as a left-handed engineer is put
on their run. : -
Trainmen dislike the presence of a
corpse in the baggage or express cars,
Just as sailors object to carrying
corpse on board ship. But It Is consid
ered particularly threatening to load
the coffin on a train with the feet of
the dead person toward the engine. In
a recent wreck In North Carolina
corpse was almost incinerated and
many persons were killed. It Is the
firm belief of trainmen on the South
THE RENAISSANCE OF
would be invaluable if they could be
equipped and so maintained.
Admittedly it would be out of the
question to have such a mounted nurse
corps In desert fighting, such as Eng
lish troops are frequently required to
engage In, but on European battlefields
there Is no reason why they could not
be used to distinct advantage.
The Islington brigade has been of
ficially invited to attend the next mili
tary tournament, and it Is by no means
Improbable that they may ultimately be
the nucleus of similar corps throughout
the army.
COAST ABOUNDS IN FISH.
Pacific Region Win In Time Supply
the Whole Country.
The extensive coast line of the terri
tory seems everywhere abundant with
halibut, which has become almost a
luxury in the East There the fishing
Is done at great hazard and at long
distances from markets, while in Alas
ka the fisherman leaves bis home in
the morning and returns In the even
ing with the fruits of his labor.
A little off the coast of Alaska and
in many places among the numerous
islands along the shores there exists
great cod banks. These are little
known and while they are now fished
to some extent it might be said the in
dustry is wholly in its Infancy. When
we consider the enormous extent of
these banks as compared with those off
the New England coast and the Tery
few fish now taken on them aa com
pared with the large numbers taken on
.the Atlantic it can readily be seen to
what an extent this fishery can also
be expanded. Here also the element of
safety is greatly In favor of the in
dustry on the Pacific coast At present
in a small way, both halibut and cod
are shipped clear across the continent
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COURAGEOUS
MEN AND
em that the body was loaded . In tht
fate defying way. "
But the railroad man to not alon
In his belief In omens and, charms. Th
passenger also has a pet lot of supeis
stitions that defy logic and the persua
sion of common' sense! : The' belief tha
the wearing of a white flower or a white.
ribbon protects travelers from accident
is fairly widespread. Some believe that
burning coffee Just before leaving on
ourney Is better than an accident poli
Icy, and In certain sections of the South
some very pious people will not under
take a railroad trip without first tying
a copy of the sixteenth psalm under the
left armpit . Putting a wisp of straw:
in the bottom of the trunk is believed
not only to protect the baggage from ,
loss, but also insure: the safety of the'
owner. Women sometimes pack their
stockings in the trunk in a mystic cir
cle, as a protection from accident
There Is a superstition that it is un
lucky to lock the trunk before it leaves
the house, and with more apparent rea
son, it is particularly portentous If the
trunk Hd falls upon you white you are
packing. ". '
If a traveler loses his hat. out of ii
car window there Is compensation In
the knowledge that it means good news
from home. If a passenger happens to'
pass a derailed or wrecked locomotive?
It Is the sign that hi soon Is y coma
Into" possession of hidden i wea'fth. To
Bee a crow feeding on a carcass-is an
other lucky omen for a traveler.' "
If dust blows in a person's eye whilk.
on his way to catch a train it Is a sign
of accident on the trip. It Is consuls
ered.an ominous encounter for a person
hurrying to a train to meet a spectacle-
wearing negro. It is, also unlucky tot
a traveler to cut his finger nails Just;
before starting on , a Journey ; :fllsgrace(
will overtake . him,' and If a traveler
leaves home In a carriage for the station
It is simply inviting disaster for his
family or friends to watch him out of
sight. To insure the safe' return of a
nervous traveler It is only necessary
to tie an Irish knot In his handker
chief, but If he loses the knotted piece
of linen he had better end his misery
by Immediate suicide.
Here is an Incantation which Pullman
conductors declare will insure slumber
on a sleeping car to even - chronic In
somniacs, if repeated several times with
the eyes focused on the tip of the nose :
"A sleeper Is that on which the
sleeper which carries the sleeper runs;
therefore, while the sleeper sleeps in
the sleeper the sleeper carried the sleep
er over the sleeper into the sleeper
which carries the leeper, and Jumps
off the sleeper by striking the sleeper
In the sleeper, and there is no sleeper
In the sleeper." V
THE KNICKERBOCKER,
to Boston and' New York. With better
and cheaper facilitles'the markets of
the United States will soon be opening
up w rne racinc.
The salmon fishing Is now whollj
done for canning and in a sniali way
salted. The extent to which thla part
of the industry has grown is more fa
miliar to the world than any other.
During the last few years the fresh
fish industry has made Inroads even on
the cannery supply and mild cured sal
mon is now being shipped all the way
to Germany for smoking; During the .
last winter buyers from German
houses In Hamburg have appeared-in
Alaska towns and eagerly taken all the
product they could secure. This is but
a beginning, and development in time
In the way of Improved means of trans
portation will extend the shipping of
salmon fresh from - the waters of
Alaska to all parts of the world. Pa
cific Coast Monthly;. . V .i .
".All In One. ' . ,5 -t'v,:
"You've read his novel. ' Is it a love
story?" ' i A ;- t.;:
"Tes. lt' Intended to be. There's' a
young naval officer in It and a cad and
an idiotic chump" " -
"But what's the hero like?"
"I'm telling you. The . hero la all
three of them." Philadelphia Ledger
Between the ages of twenty and thir
ty, if a young man is nice looking,
graceful and a good dresser, he la in
the same danger of becoming a pro
fessional groomsman at a wedding aa a
man of forty Is of becoming a p.-ofea-slonal
pallbearer. -.,
Perhaps a few more people would try
to be good if they didn't buinp Into so
many others who overdo the thing.'
Many men's goodness la due to tbt
fact that they are not found out