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FASHIONS FOR CALLING DAYS. LIVE BY MACHINERY. NUMBER OF PATENTS GRAN TED IN THE UNITtD STATES. In Hitrtwo Years There Have Been 023,533 Man’s of Them — Civilized Mode of Existence Totally Altered by Hie Inventions. TRUE HAPPINESS. The da nee and the whirl go on, And th<» jealouHy and the wtrife; And the Rummer comes and the summer wanes, And the sum of it ail is Life. And some would give their kingdom for love, And some their kingdom for gain; And some would give their earthly all Just to be young again. Hut ’tis neither the love nor the gain. Nor the youth that has vanished past; Nor the sun, nor the dew, nor the heat, nor the rain, That brings happiness at last. It is only the love of God, Filling wide the heart of man; It is only the lips which gently speak In the accents of His plan. It is only an uplifted face, And a hand that is stretched to all— But somehow the love, and the youth, and tlie gain, Are there without striving at all. —Abby Willis Howes. < ► J! A J Pair of Blue Eyes | * * X rt«6WARI> put both arms around 111 her, held her close (or an instant? ^^Aainl then released her. It was In bronii day light, on a crowded street cross ing; they were not related to each other, and he did not even know her name. It must be said In Ills defense that she was more to blame than he was; in deed, It would have been a great impo liteness. not to say unkindness, on Ills part, to have done otherwise. She was hurrying to catch the car from which lie had Just descended. The street was wet and muddy; she slipped anil would have fallen had he not caught her Just in time. She blushed "celestial rosy “O, THANK VOV,” SI1K STAUMKHKIl. red" and raised a pair of startled blue eyes to his face. "(>, thank you." she stammered. Yet never was "thank you” said In a tone of leas gratitude. She v. as gone before he could speak, and caught the ear. which was Just on the point of iMvIng. All day the blue eyes haunted him. They came between him and his writing and danced on the pages of the Ijincet. airhough, as he said to hluiself severely, he had no time for such non sense. Had he been leas devoted, heart and soul, to Ills profession it is to be feared that even Ills patients might have found him alieent-nilnded, for lie failed to see two of Ills best friends on the street and nt dinner that evening was no preoccupied that his mother worried b*al he was working too hard. Dr. Howard Caraton was a rising young physician with a down town office and a fair practice. He canal almost nothing for society anil hereto fore the brightest eyes that ever shone would have Interested him leas than a cut finger. Now. In a moment, all was changed. Chicago Is a big city, yet Howard vowed to himself to find the owner of those blue eyes. Peralatance was one of his strong points. He never entered a street car without scanning the face of every woman In It; he patronised de partment stores, which he bad formerly avoided because of their crowds of women shoppers; and be astonished Ills slater br taking her to the theater more times In a month than he had all the previous year. That young lady was also surprised and gratitied by his snatching from Lis professional duties time to attend teas and receptions, and by his remarkable Interest in social functions. "Blue eyes” had worn gray. So, again and again, he pursued a gray suit and a felt hat half a block, only to And, when the wearer turned, that her eyes were not the violets of which lie dreamed. Weeks passed and the memory of the eyes was fading Into a regret. The sensible lectures which Howard had not failed to administer to himself be gan to take effect. In the first place. It was absurd to hope to find those blue eyes. Were not there several hundred thousand women In Chicago? Besides, “Blue eyes" might be miles away. If found, she might belong to another man. or she might be anything but charming. Howard told himself that he was a fool, and determined to forget the eyes. That was hard to do, but he gave up his quest. lir. Carston’s telephone bell rang sud denly one night, In the small hours. He had Just fallen asleep after a nineteen- hour day, but he could not Ignore the ring. The summons was Imperative. A stranger luid called the nearest phy sician. "I’ray come,” she Implored, "for I am afraid my father will die.” The sweet, girlish tones were eloquent of distress. Howard dressed himself hastily and went down-stairs. He could scarcely open the hall door so strong was the wind. "A doctor lends a dog’s life,” he mut tered to himself as he went out Into the storm. The address given him was that of a boarding-house on the next block—one to which this was by no means Ills first visit. He found Mrs. Madison, the boarding-house keeper, awaiting him in the hall. "I am so glad you’ve come,” she said. "Mr. Wharton is awfully sick, and the poor young lady, his daughter, is ’most seared to death.” The patient was so 111 as to occupy the doctor’s entire attention. Mrs. Mad ison gave him the efficient assistance which he had learned to expect from ner In such emergencies. She was ably seconded by Miss Wharton, whom Howard scarcely noticed. The buttle was for life. Hours passed before It was won and the tired but glad physician was free to go. “Now your father needs nothing but rest. Let him sleep as much as possi ble. and see that he has a cup of Mrs. Wharton's beef tea when he wakes. 1 will cull this afternoon.” he said, look ing at Mrs. Madison, although he spoke to Miss Wharton. Howard went home to refresh him- relf with an hour’s nap. a bath, and a cup of coffee before 1:1s office hours. At 8 o’clock he visited his new patient and found him doing well. “You have saved his life,” said Miss Wharton, in a voice tremulous with gratitude, and she raised her eyes to l)r. Carston’s. Howard's head swam. He saw again a crowded street crossing, a waking ear. and held a slender, girlish form iu his arms. Miss Wharton’s eyes were the violets of his dreams. When Violet Wharton left Chicago for her country home she wore a new ring, holding twin sapphires. TELEPHONING REVOLUTIONIZED lly an Invention of Prof. Pnpln of Co lumbia University. the elements of impedenee In an or dinary telephone or telegraph line and balancing them against each other, so that their effect Is neutralized and a clear passage is left for the transmis sion of electrical waves. Telegraph companies scout the Idea that it is pos sible to put Pupin's theories into prac tical operation. For one thing the cost Is against it. An ordinary telegraph PKOF. M. I. PUPIN. cable to Europe costs from $3,000,000 upward and the proposed telephone ca ble would cost much more. This would prohibit its use for ocean telephoning, say the telegraph people, as no capital ists could be found who would advance funds. However, there is no doubt that the new discoveries will virtually revolutionize the telephone system of the world. Propelled by Men. Probably the most remarkable street car line In the world is that between Atami and Yoshihoma, two coast towns in the province of Izle, Japan. The line Is seven miles long, the rolling stock consists of a single car. and the motive power Is furnished by a couple of muscular coolies, who actually push the cur along wherever power is nec- STRKKT C a B PKOPKI.t.Kn BY MKN. essary. When the car conies to a down grade they Jump on and ride. One ot these street car i>>olles is shown walk ing behind the car in the picture, while the boy on the front of the car is sta tioned there to blow a warning trum pet and to apply the brakes when nee essary. The coolies who work this unique road are said to lie astonishing specimens of physical development. The fare for a round trip over the road. Including the expected tips for the crew. Is 21 cents. Only due Jones. He had never seen a telephone, and his friend was showing him how It worked. It was lu his office. He called up his house, and the wife came to the telephone. "My dear. Mr. Jones Is here, and 1 have asked him to come up to dinner.” Then he turned to Mr. Jones and said: "Put your ear to that and you’ll hear her answer.” He did, and this was the answer: "Now. John. 1 told you I would never have that disagreeable wretch In my house again.” "What was that,” spoke out Mr. Jones. Women are quick. A man would have simply backed away from the telephone and said no more. She took In the situation In a second when she heard the strange voice, and quick as a flash came back ’lie sweetest kind of a voice: "Why. Mr. Jones, how do yon do? 1 thought my husband meant another Mr. Jones. IN> come up to dinner. 1 shall be so glad to see you "—New York World. As a result of discoveries and In ventions of Prof. M. I. Puplu. of Co lumbia University, It Is probable that wlthlu the lifetime of this generation the sound of the human voice may l.e made to encircle the globe. Ocean tele phoning la feasible, according to the electrical engineers who have studied the discoveries of Prof. Pnpln and upon whose opinion the officials of the Bell Telephone Company |>ald Pupin nearly one-half million in cash for his patents and a royalty of $15,000 annually dur ing the life of the patents. At present It Is possible to talk 1.000 Begin at the Wrong End. mill's by telephone: when l’rof I’upln's Chinese begin dinner with dessert or system Is put Into operation there will l»e no limit to the distance that one Russian sakouska. and finish with hot may talk by wire. It consists In taking soup luatead of hot coffee. . The nineteenth century has been one of mechanism. A hundred years ago people were content to live chiefly by band, as it were; now people live chiefly by complicated machinery, Civilized man's mode of existence has been totally altered by his inventions. The world has gone patent mad. In the United States alone there were (123.535 patents granted in the sixty- two years from 1837 to 1898. During Its existence the patent office has re ceived more than $40,000,000 in fees. On carriages and wagons more than 20,000 patents have been granted; on stoves and furnaces, 18,000; on lamps, gas fittings, harvesters, boots and shoes and receptacles for storing. 10,- 000 each. The total of patents for the civilized world is easily twice that of the United States. With the invention of the steam en gine the world shrunk at a bound to a twentieth of its former size. Where the lumbering stage-coach or the plod ding caravan took weeks the flying ex press covers the distance In a few hours. The trip across this continent used to be a matter of life and death. Now it is a matter of $100 and take your ease as you go. In 1825, the first steam road was opened between Stock- ton and Darlington, England. A year later a similar experiment was made at Quincy. Mass., where the engine hauled stone for a distance of four miles. The first passenger road in this country was the Baltimore & Ohio, opened in 1830 with a mileage of four teen miles. To-day, there are 210.906 miles of railroad in this country, 163,- 216 in Europe, 9,834 in South America, 31,102 in Asia, 9,978 in Africa, and 14,- 384 in Australasia. Early in the history of railroading twelve miles an hour was considered recklessly fast. In January, 1890, a a train on the Burlington route, in a run from Siding to Arion, 2.14 miles, did the distance in one minute and twenty seconds, or at the rate of 108 miles an hour. Mail communication was as expen sive as It was slow in the old days. It cost a shilling to get a letter anywhere, when the country began, and a shilling in those days represented far more than It now does. Now two cents will carry a letter to the Philippines or around the corner. Then the mnll matter handled was too insignificant for statistics; now there are 75,000 post offices in this country, handling postal matter of all kinds to a total of 6,576- 310,000 pieces. The first telegraph line in this coun try was opened in 1844. In 1899 there were 904,633 miles of wire in use in this country; 71,393,150 messages were sent that year. Tlie year 1800 knew no telephone. A hundred years later sees 772,989 miles of telephone wire in use, connect ed with 465.180 stations and answering 1,231,000,000 calls a year. When the century was new It took six weeks to get news from Europe. To-day it takes six seconds. To-day there are 170,950 miles of submarine cables, all laid since the first cable. Field’s great achievement, was laid in 1857. Electricity has come to the aid of steam traffic. There are more than 1,000 electric street car lines in opera tion In the United States, with a cap italization of $1,700,000.000. The same electric power, only dimly known be fore the wonderful century, now lights our cities. In the United States there are half a million arc lights and about twenty million Incandescent lights, the latter lielng equivalent in light giving capacity to 320,000.000 candle dips such as they used in 1800. While the railroads have served to diffuse the population from one end of the land to the other, another Invention has served to centralize It—the ele vator. In other times they built bouses of wood and brick. Now they construct them of steel and iron. And so care fully are the plans developed that the architect can say how many bolts will be required In the construction of a skyscraper. how much each beam can support, where each piece of iron be longs. Wooden bridges have been sup planted by huge steel structures, Even stoue towers are being abandoned for the lighter steel. The age of steel is here. Our vast factory systems, employing thousands of workers and furnishing necessaries and luxuries alike at prices that would have amazed the cltixensof 1800, have grown out of the substitu tion of machinery for the hand; the sew ing machine, the steam loom, the ring frame, and hundreds of other inven tions. Photography is a product of the last hundred years. In 1800 the principal dally papers were published In Boston and New York city. The type was hand made and haud set. Nowadays new type la east while being set; paper comes In rolls from two to four miles long; presses run off 80,000 complete news papers an hour. nones Burst from Tombs. The tombs of the grandees of colonial I Virginia at William and Mary college. Williamsburg, are yielding to decay. I and the bones of several distinguished men have already burst from their sepulchers. The start!«* f discovery was made by two prosy and unappre ciative plumliers from Newport News, who had been hired to lay steam pipes. When the plumbers announced their And the faculty of the historic institu tion was thrown into consternation. The excavation made for the under ground pipes runs along the side of the sepulchers. The falling of a bank of earth disclosed several large crevices In the walls of the tombs, through which the coffins containing the bones of Judge Botetourt, Bishop Madison and Peyton Randolph had worked their way out. The sepulchers were sup posed to be the strongest among the historical burying places In America. The bodies of a score of the famous men of American history are interred there. President Lynn O. Tyler of the col lege, who is a nephew of the former I’reshlent of the United States, at once sent for skilled masons and the tombs will be again hermetically sealed. The caskets containing the precious re mains showed no signs of having been tampered with. But the metallic lids were loose, due to the action of the air, which gained access through the aper tures made by the collapse of the air tight vaults. Pearls far Above Price. A pearl, the like of which has nevei before been found, Is now being ex hibited In Australia, and is attracting wide attention not only from experts of precious stones, but also from a number of wealthy women, who have fine collections of pearls and are now wondering whether any one among them will have the good fortune to se cure this rare prize. The pearl was discovered on the northwest coast of western Australia, and It is the property of a Mr. Shall, who values It so highly that he has re fused an offer of $12,000 for it, and has publicly stated that no amount of mon ey could tempt him to part with It. The reason is because he regards It as a fetich or talisman, which Is bound to bring him good luck as long as he keeps it in his possession, but the loss of which would surely be followed by grave disuster of some kind. Tills wonderful pearl is not formed as other pearls are. Instead of being spherical and single, It forms a square and is composed of various parts. There is, Indeed, a series of pearls, each of which Is Joined to the other In such a manner as to form a cross. Thus, there are nine pearls altogether, of which seven are in a straight line and two are perpendicular. This strange phenomenon Is puzzling to Australian scientists, and the only conclusion at which they seem to have arrived Is that it is one of nature’s nu merous, but Inexplicable freaks. HARD TO BEAR Story of a Druggist Who Was Always Compounding Rem edies for Others Yet Suffered Agonies Himself. From the Republican .Eldorado. III. Perhaps in no case where stomach trouble was the ailment has the effi ciency of a popular remedy been so thoroughly demonstrated as in the case of W. E. Mathis, a prominent druggist of Eldorado, III. The story as told by Mr. Mathis is as follows: “In the spring of 1894 I had a very serious case of indigestion. My stom ach commenced to give me great trouble, (and, while I knew the nature of the pain, I did not at first use the proper precaution. For some time I did not pay any attention, but it gradually grew worse, when I consulted a phy sician, who prescribed for me. I used his medicine according to instructions. 1 began to experience nervous spells, became subject to congestion of the • stomach, and considered myself in a precarious condition. The physician’s medicine and other remedies I tried failed to benefit me. ‘‘One day a friend uigetf me to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills tor Pale Peo ple. I considered it a useless experi ment, but as I had tried everything else, 1 agreed to take them. That was three and a half years ago. When I had used three boxes I could note very plainly tlie change for the better. When I had used the seventh box I was cured. “The pills have not only cured the indigestion, but tney have also cured my nervousness, my blood is in perfect condition, ami they have brought my weight from 140 pounds at the com- nieueement of the stomach trouble to I 180 at present. “If any one who reads this desires to know more of my experience I will gladly answer lotters which enclose stamp for reply. Signed, W. E. MATHIS, Sworn and subscribed to before me this 27th day of June, 1900. Thos. D. Morris, Justice of the Peace. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale . People are sold at all druggists or will bt sent direct from Dr. Williams Medi cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Price 60 ceDts per box; six boxes, $2.50. Night in Kansas City. Conductor—Why don’t you stop for them three fellers that signalled? A Ventriloquist. Motorman—I got me week’s salary Probably every one has seen a time in my pocket, and you bet I ain’t tak- when he wished he could administer in’ chances like that. rebuke impersonally. The Springfield Republican pictures an occasion when Salary of Marine Band. It was done. The leader of the marine band at The “grouchy” Individual came from behind his paper and glared savagely Washshington gets $1,500 a year, and at the woman with the crying baby the first and second class musicians $60 “Why can’« you keep that brat quiet?" and $60 a month respectively. They ars he snarled. "What’s the matter with allowed ration money iu all cases. it, anyway?” Paid $3,700 for a Cow. There was a dead silence In the car, The highest price ever paid for a and then a pitilessly distinct voice from nowhere In particular replied, Hereford cow was brought by Carna "He thinks your face is the moon, and tion, which animal was sold to J. C. Adams, of Moweaqua, III., for $3,700 he’s crying for it.” The surly one looked about with a at a Kansas City exposition. The deathly stare. Every one was quak previous high price record was $3,150. ing with mirth, mut preserved a sol Will Experiment With Japanese Oysters. emn countenance, except the man who was smiling out of the window at the Eastern oysters do not reproduce well in the colder waters of Oregon other end of the car. "There are advantages In being a and Washington. An attempt is to be ventlloqulst,” he murmured softly to I made, therefore, to acclimate there the I fine large oysters of Northern Japan. himself. Family Suit«. "Where’s your daughter Mary living now. Mrs. Herllhy?” Inquired one of the neighbors, who had dropped In af ter an absence of some months. "Her husband’s got a folne Job on the Tollies, reporting accidents,” said Mrs. Herllhy, proudly, "and the two av thlm and little Molke is living iu a suit up-town.” "What’s a suit?" Inquired the neigh bor, curiosity having got the better of a desire to appear well Informed on all points. "A suit,” said Mrs. Herllhy, slowly, "Is one o’ thlm places where the par- loor is the bedroom, and the bedroom Is the kitchen, and the closets Is down in the cellar, and the beds Is plannys— or organs, and—well. It’s one o' thlm places where Iverythlng Is something else,” concluded Mrs. Herllhy. To Be Sure. Quizzer—“What does it mean by ‘hiding your light under a bushel?’ ” Guyer—‘‘Sending valentines with out writing your name on ’em.” Church Membership at Newton, The ministers of Newton, Kan., have just completed a religious census of that town. They found 5,353 persons in 1,458 families and of thtse people 2,316, or less than half, professed to be church members. Union Elects Negro Vice-Presidents. It is the custom of the Alabama dis trict of the United Mine Workers to elect a negro as vice-president. The Powers That Be. “Hush I Not so loud. We’re hav ing a conference of the powers.” His Motive. “Eh? Who is conferring?” "I will ask you now.” the attorney “My wife, my mother-in-law, and for the prosecution said to the witness. the cook I” "If the defendant In this case confess ed to you his motive In shooting the de Tramps Are Scarce There. ceased ?” A Missouri judge haa hit upon a "Hold on!” Interposed the attorney novel plan for getting tramps to leave for the defense. "I object.” "I only want to find out whether---- ” town. He sentences all brought before him to 30 days' work on the streets "I object!" (Ix>gal wrangle of half and gives them half an hour to get an hour.l their tools. That half hour sees them "The witness may answer," ruled ths well on their way. Judge. "Now, then sir. I will nek you again. Exports of Coal Grow. Did or did not the prisoner confess to The exports of coal continue to grow you his motive In shotlng the deceas monthly, and in 10 months this year ed?” this country has shipped abroad coal "He did.” and coke to the value of almost $20,- "What was It?" 000,000. "He wanted to kill him.”—London King. Pitch Cloak for Life-Saving. Her Last Appeal. A pitch cloak is the newest form u* A Vienna paper related an anecdote life saving apparatus. It is a Swiss of the painter Ma kart, who was some Invention. It weighs about one pound, times as taciturn as Von Moltke. One and will keep even a fully equipped evening he sat for an hour next to the soldier above the surface of the water. soubrette Josephine Gallmeyer with It has water proof pockets in which out volunteering a word. Finally she food and dirnk may be carried, as well lost patience and exclaimed: "Well, as blue lights, in case the wearer is dear master, suppose we change the shipwrecked in the night. subject.” Abandoneu Farms Being Taken Up. When a man goes to a party or thea The abandoned farms of Massachu ter without his wife, and bis wife says ■ he did not care to go. she Is fibbing: a setts are fast being taken up. Three married woman never refuses an Invi years ago there were 880 thus classed in the state. A recent enumera ties tation. ■bows there are now bat 186.