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nmuKNpo. ' )v '? _ r Ik liTr *'? tWi. of wnoaa ?. or. ImM. of other an^ is tangible will find aninaetou then. piw, b?t bo ladfcs the art to My has taUBf oboa said ? certain wi I _ J bar cooking/* with o quiet little miff. As If of fwodhl om bod juet obtained o whiff. "Yo? saw her with jrowf Oorkor ot tbo donee tbo otbor night V Tho toao alone ?oud indicate it was o shameful eight. "She's always changing eerrants. ood I wonder why they lsovo?** A meaning shrug of shouldsrs that must moke the angels grieve. "Tbo msuosrs of her children?ho re yoo noticed whst they ore?* Tbo thought expreeeed onopoken would do credit to o star. Homer, this le nothing to the exclamation hsard When of /he neighbor's husbond one may chance to say a won. It give* me chance she's seeking snd accords wtll with bsr plan-* The ssaraco of unkindlineao is the way she says, "Poor man! f ?Chicago Port. THE "PATIENT HEROINE" OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD. By ETHEL M. COLHOI. 0 F all the brave ami heroic deeds brought to light by the Johnstown disaster, the terrible, death-dealing, de vastating flood ot May SI, uuae coma dc more inspiring j than thnt of Mrs. Hetty Ogle?the "patient heroine" of that awful occur rence. the quietly faithful woman tele graph op orator, who. doing her duty with heroic fortitude and calmness, stayed at her post lti the face of cer tain death, sending the messages that were ft? save the lives of others. It Is doubtful. Indeed, if hlrtory records a braver action. ? The Johnstown flood was the great est. most awful water calamity ever kuown to humanity. It came after many and grave warnings. Because the t'.am of the South Pork Lake had never yielded, the people of Johnstown believed that it never would yield. And yet when a thriving, prosperous city of thirty thousand Inhabitants bad been reduced to a horrible, tumbled heap of evil. Ill-smelling refuse, with over three thousand helpless human creatures hurried Into eternity In the short space of five minutes, there was scarcely a survivor who cov.Ul not re member aerlous and frequent Indica tions of dan*. ?r that duly heeded might have averted this catastrophe. For ?evernl days previous to the breaking of the darn the low-lying portions of th? city had been submerged beneath a water-level fully four feot higher than had ever before been known, so largely had the steady pouring rain of an entire week augmented the not unusual floods. The city of Johnstown (to refresh memories burdened with the varied accumulations of fifteen years) was situated In the narrow, pointed valley at the foot of the Alleghany Moun tains, framed in by Stony Creek on the one hand and the Connemnugh River on the other. A steep hill and gentle slapa respectively edged the framing streams. South Fork Lake, originally a reservoir constructed by the State of Pennsylvania as a feeder for the old Pennsylvania Canal, but later purchased and eularged by tin** South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club, was between three hundred and four hundred feet above the highest part of Johnstown, and several miles back of the city. This lake was three miles long, from three thousand to four thousand feet wide, and seventy feet deep near the dam, that nlone held It back from the underlying val ley. T.'lls dam. three hundred feet Wide at the bottom, twenty feet wide at the top and eighty-five feet In height, had been most solidly con structed and pronounced absolutely Impregnable by competent engineers. Generous and s?euilngly , adequate weirs and sluices had always con trolled and relieved the flow* and over flow of water previous to the unwont ed and Irresistible rain torrents of thnt awful woek. Late In the afternoon of Friday. May 81. however, Mr. John O. Parke, a young civil engineer of Pittsburg, who happened to be visiting frieuds at South Fork Lake, bestowed upon the dam a casual Inspection, and saw with horror that it could not long withstand the force of tho great waves already dashing over it at Intervals, and mo mentarily Increased In number and volume by the down-rushing, swollen, tempestuous mountain streams that fed and filled tho basin. When the arduous efforts of a large body of hastily summoned workers proved In adequate to relieve the overtaxed sluices, Mr. Parke leaped to the saddle and dashed am-ay to the South Fork Railway Station, there to telegraph the terrible hews to Johnstown?help less, unsuspecting, Inevitably doomed. Only by Instant flight could Its un happy residents hope to escape with their lives. To Mrs. Ogle, as manager of the .Western Union Telegraph Office at Johnstown, came the dread message. She must choose?and on the Instant? between heroism and desertlou, be tween cowardice and death. To leave her station at once, to flee to the hllla for safety?this would mean her own personal salvation, the salvation of the beloved daughter, who, slwsys frsll and delicate, would aever be able to attain safety unat tended, even did she consent to at tempt flight without her mother. It would mean the warning of tho equal ly beloved sons unsuspectingly at work In the city quite near. But It would mean, no less, the desertion of her post at the time of most paramount need and duty; the death of many ethers, who unwarned could have not slightest chance of escape or prolonged ?Xlstenco, and who might through her ?tn efforts bs saved. . That the struggle was as severe as It was brief can scarcely be doubted. K^fa Is sweet to all, and it must have teemed especially sweet Just then to JCrs. Ogle. By no easy path had she inren her way to the serene tableland ?f comfortable, well-provided middle age that aha then confronted. Keen poverty, early widowhood, the grow t*V cares and responsibilities of the young family that must be supported, delicate health but recently conqae**4 > thess steps bad been otc..^ In order to reach her present peace of mind and financial comfort. And now to leave it all. and lu manner so dread ful?wliat wonder she shivered and shrank! But the insidious temptation to pur chase this life at the cost of others was speedily vanquished. Almost before she turned from the key ticking out the awful tidings Mrs. Ogle was on her way to deliver the message Into the keeping of the no less heroic assistant. Daniel Peyton, the Paul Revere of the Johnstown disaster, the man who. riding madly through street after street to call frantic, desperate, un heeded warning* to others, lost In the end his own life. Mrs. Ogle without the loss of a moment hastened back to her office and instrument. Message after message, each one like the sharp stroke of a sword for terse, tense brevity and clearness, did she send out with ceaseless, untiring ef forts. The various telegraphic cen ters of Johnstown were first notified of th?? terrible, oncoming daugcr. then the work began anew with regard to the towns, villages and factories lying In the Inevitable course of the torrent. Always the "patient heroine** worked with the nervous yet sternly controlled energy t2?at well earned for her honor and glory this title, later lovingly bestowed. Always she ticked and tapped with the speed nnd surety, the unerring rapidity and pre cision born of long practice. Always she stated the case cloarly, and pointed out the danger plainly, yet with never an unnecessary word. The rain poured down In torrents, hissing. merciless, stinging. The ftcors grew damp, the thick, murky, oppressive atmosphere yet more heav ily humid, and at last the rising wa ters crept In upon and over the rooms of tiie first story, flooding the tele graph ofllce several feet deep, and ever mounting higher. Then, with scarce a momentary cessation of her eager efforts, Mrs. Ogle, who had always maintained a telegraphic instrument In her sleeping-room, removed to the second floor of the building. From the instrument there hastily arranged she continued to send out the warning messages that were to save from her own tragic end the lives of many oth ers until?it was too lnte to send more. Only a glance from her elevated sta tion was needed to evidence the truth of Mr. Parke's horrified prediction. It was plainly evident that the dam must burst shortly. But still, with the j shadow of death upon her, no hint of terror, distress or personal sugges tion of any kind marked the quiet words of repeated warning. The. first message was no more self-contnlned, Impersonal and unassuming than the last. "Johnstown. Pa., May 31st, 3 p. m. "To Cambria Iron Company, Philadel phia: "We cannot reach your office. Wa ter lmiyense. Washing out Lincoln Bridge. The house full. We are on the second floor. Water still coming up nnd threatening ruin. This is my last message. "MRS. If. M. OOT.E, Manager." This was the simple reply, called forth by an Imperative question, but quite bare of dramatic eloquence, as of any unnecessary description or de tail, that marked the conclusion of Mrs. Hetty Ogle's earthly endeavors. A moment more the wire sounded, al though with a strange, throbbing vi bration never before heard. A mo ment later, nnd then with a low, strange murmur, speedily deepening to a mighty roar, the tossing water foaming about the edge of the dam blgu above the doomed city seemed to climb suddenly skyward; a towering wall forty feet high, stupendous, aw ful. led by a thick volume of curtain like mist, instantaneously interposed Itself between the dam and the breath less spectator, and then to all inero human Intelligence and knowledge the life of the "patient heroine" went out. The maddened water, ns later In vestigation decided, first loosened and tore away th# heavy stones "rip | rapping" the top of the dam, then forced a clear opening thirty-five feet In width through the supporting nnd supposedly Impregunhle earthworks. The whole occurrence took place with incredible rapidity and suddenness, and the fertile valley Intervening be tween the dam and the city of Johns town was swept bare of every vestige of civilization within five minutes. Then, heavy with tons of wreckage, laden with houses, dead bodies, all manner of horrible debris nnd plunder, the seething, murderous, unrestrained torrent of water rushod upon Johns town proper. The valley narrowly sharpened at this point, so that the wall of water, scarcely to be seen, according to the few eyewitnesses who survived Its merciless onslaught, for Its varied burden of horror. ro?e higher than ever. It literally fell upon the helpless city, buryirfg thousands be neath Its overwhelming weight in an Instant, swelling, advancing, receding, foaming, twisting and turning, until the whole of Johnstown was but one tremendous whirlpool, with awful, quivering objects, big and little, borne aimlessly, unresistingly about. Not uatll the stone viaduct below the city brief Instant did the mighty tad Crael I fctMteXr know in or Mlhint And mi thla.brief ?ppoddM but r? nlM la ? calamity yet spore terrible than all that bad com before. Tbe pnnaptiiw viaduct wa* km aid tera bnt an Instant tat#f. tbe an gry torrent with staeh et Its awful harden nuhlnf over and through It paalnf Anally to the distant sea. scat tering sad strewing death, wreckage, rain and disaster for mllce as It raced and harried, dsposltlag thousands of the nnknowa dead nt New Tterenrf and Nine rah. towns between Johns town and tbe coajnactlon of tbe Cone ma ugh and Klsklinlnetaa Hirers. But the low. diagonal nrches of the bridge had In that Infinitesimal period of re alatance acted aa huge and mischievous ?trainers, and a dread mountain of mingled earth, rocks, houses, rubbish, furniture, dead and dying animals, and human unfortunates, dead and dying alto, was plied high nbore them. This was the huge heap that later took fire from the numerous lighted cook-stores which were being used in preparing the evening meal when the unexpected disaster came. And somewhere In the stupendous funeral pyre thus lgalted were hidden tbe dead bodies of Mrs. Ogle. her daughter, and the several other persons known to hare been lu the telegraph-station building, which served as a dwelling-house for Mrs. Ogle and her family, as well as for office uses. No trace of these bodies has ever been found. That the death of Mrs. Ogle was mercifully sudden seems certain. Tbe frail building could not long hare with* stood the crushing force of that pitiless mountain of water, and the telegraph official who receired her final message bore witness later to the speedy man ner in which the wire was disabled. "One moment." so ran hts published statement, "the woiuan operator at Johnstown was cheerfully ticking away that she had to abandon the office on the first floor because the wa ter was three feet deep there. She said she was wiring from the second story, and the water was rapidly ris ing. This was evidently before the dam broke, for our man here said something encouraging to her, and she was talking back as only a cheer ful woman operator can. and hnd Just said 'This is my last message'?the last word being scarcely completed whet the receiver's skilled oars eausrlu i. sound from the wire made by ?:o hu man hands. The wire bad grounded or the house hnd been swept away by the flood, no one knew which at that time. One moment she was there and talking, the nest we might as well have asked the grave to answer as addressed remark or question to the cheery worker of an instaut before." And so the end came to ihe woman hero, who chose death rather than fall to heed tlie higher vol'je that also called in no uncertain accents. It is safe to say Hint to Mrs. il:*tty Ogle, the "patient heroine*' whose beautiful, love-liallowed life had constliut.-d a fitting preparation for the noble death that closed It, was given in that su preme moment the faith that makes faithful, the love that wholehearted ly serving must unbrokenly endure. And although the much-discussed mon ument to her brave life and memory may never be erected, the only fame worth having will yet flourish unend ingly for her honor and glorj\?Wom an's iloine Companion. Woman Carries Animal Nmnei, A story is told by the Kansas City Journal of a Cherokee woman who has married six times, and has never got ten out of the animal line. When she was a girl she was known as Mlsa Mollle l*anther. She married an Indi an named Coon, and when that gen tleman was transferred to the happy hunting grounds she soon became Mrs. Fox. The Fox did not last always, and "when he entered the last chase the widow married a mild, placid man named Mule, who never hnd any kick coming till he harnessed up to draw his load across the Great Divide. Af ter a period of mourning the widow again entered the realms of matrimon ial'bliss and became Mrs. Wolf, and when his scalp went to the Great Father, along wltli his corporeal re mains. she became the wife of a-man named Tl?er. and when Mr. Tiger changed Ills stripes for pretty white robes In the Great Beyond she select ed another husband by the name cf Itabblt. Willing 8eir-Con?rlitiisnrr?. First wo must be willing to accept the effects of self-consciousness. The niore we resist these effects the more they force themselves upon us. and the more we suffer from them. We must be willing to blush, be willing to realize that we have talked too much, and perhaps made ourselves ridiculous. We must be willing to feel the discomforts of self-consciousness in whatever form they may appear. Central point of all?we must know and understand, and not dodge In the very least the truth that the root of self-consciousness Is selfishly caring what other people think of us?and wautlng to appear well before them. We should be willing that any one should think anything of us. so long as we have the strength of a good conscience. We should be willing to appear In any light If that appenrnrce will enhance ^?ur use, or is a necessity of griwth.?Annie Payson Call, In Les lie's Monthly. Why Fruit Trcoi Fall. Country Life In America points out that the dropping off of young fruit is not due to insect pests, as It is pcpularly supposed, but more often it is oa account of the newly discovered principle that many varieties of fruits are not self-sterlle. The blossoms re quire the contact of oth ?r varieties before they will mature fruit. This is the reason so many fruit tr.'?s do not bear well, and new methods of graft ing and planting will make trees *?6gr large fruit and plenty of It. Vnhlaw. "One hears* much of legal verbiage." said tiie politician, "but there Is a conn cllmanlc verbiage ns well. Here's a sample?the bill was passed by Com mon Council last Thursday: " 'An ordinance to amend an ordi nance entitled on ordinance supplemen tary to an ordinance entitled an ordi nance relating to nuisances,' Phlla* delpbla Press. NATIONAL TENDENCIES AS SHOWN BY THE CENSUS Avoragt Wnaiir of Ftnoas to ? DwdBuj FoBs Worn Si lo 53t Bat Hon Except Wfcer* Forming Popvlatkm N OTABLY Interesting and slsniacaat are some of the llsnrea prwnted In the abstract of the tenth cen sus of the United States. published by tto Department of Commerce. in their Illustration of so cial and Industrial tendencies of the country they have a peculiar and per ennial Talue. Some of the facts which the hook presents are not more sur prising than they are (ratifying, or the reverse. Massed as they are, the facts themselves are moot Impressive. In the one matter of the Increase of population of the United 8tates In the census period, few realise that the native born In ten years rose twenty two per cent, and the foreign born less then twelve per cent It Is apparent that the hard times were the chief cause for the comparative decrease of the foreign born population. As a matter of fact, the actual number of English. Irish, Germsn and French residents of the United States de cressed In those ten years, while the Poles. Hungarians. Russians and Ital lans Increased by a large per cent. Not entirely disconnected with the decline in Immigration Is the pleasing demonstration by tigures that Illiteracy In the United States Is decreasing. Even with the Increase In population of more than 20 per cent, from 1800 to 1900, the number of Illiterates fell nearly 100.000 In the decade. Yet even In 1000 there were 0.180.000 persons ten years old or more In the United States unable to read or write. While the negroes in the South are largely responsible for this huge total, there are stilt 3,200.000 whites In the Illiter ate class. Of the foreign born Illiter ates New York State has 258.000 or almost 20 per cent, of the total In the country. But the Empire State has In addition 47.000 natives who cunnot read or write. In view of the immense throngs of Immigrants that settle In New York State, it Is one of the surprising facts that the percentage of Increase of na tive born In the ten years slightly exceeded the percentage of increase of foreign born. The showing is con trary to that of nearly every other populous Eastern State. FEWER PERSON'S TO A DWELL ING. What might be cslled family sta tistics present some novel phase**. An exhibit pleasing to the social reformer is the demonstration that the average number of persons to a dwelling is frilling. Thus fn iftoo it wag 3.3 per. sons, while In lsoo It was 5.5. New York State luis the unpleasant ?but natural pre-eminence of having more persons to a dwelling (seven) than any other State in the Union. This. is. of course, due to the tenement houses of the metropolis. It Is worthy of note that the percent age of homes owned rises generally with the Increase of farming popula tion an .. falls with the growlug pre ponderance of the Industrial classes This is not entirely true of the South where the percentage of land owners is small. But In New York State the number of families owning their homes Is only 33 per ciut, and In Massachusetts It Is only 35. In New York City itself bare* 12 per cent, of the population own their homes, and less than 42 per cent, of these house owners have them clear of mortgage. As between Western farmer and Eastern farmer, however, the latter is the landowner. In New York State, for example. 75 per cent, own their Iowa farUJS' aguh,8,: ,;(i n Prosperous Thf? average number of persons to a family In the United States Is 4.7 The average number in a New York'State family is 4.4. Evon In the old Bay State, the reputed home of the non marrylng person of both sexes the average number of persons to n famllv Is 4.0. But the New York City aver age equals the national (4.7). Con trary to the accepted tradition. Brook lyn has an average helow uny borough <4.0), while Queens readies 4.8 and Richmond 4.0. SOME MARRIAGE STATISTICS. Akin to the distribution abong fam ilies Is the matter of marital condition. In 1000 the percentage of married ninonj; all persons fifteen years or older was 55.5; of single, 30; or widowed al most 8 per cent., and of divorced four tenths of one per cent. To Judge from the llgures the const States are the best for marriageable women, 00 per cent, being wives against 50 per cent n the Central West and 54 per cent. In the East. Contrariwise the Pacific Coast shows the smallest per cent, of married men, 45 per cent., against a general average of 55 per cent. In the East and Middle West. Of all the States in the Union Ver mont has the snmllest per cent, of un married males over fifteen years of age. 35 per cent. Maine Is not far be hind with 30. The nutloual average exceeds 40. and New York State Is be low it, 37.0. Of unmarried women New tyexlco has less than 20 per cent., as compared with' an average of 31 for the country. Massachusetts has the Inrgest number of bachelor girls, 37 per cent., followed closely by Rhode island, and then, strangely enough by Virginia and Maryland. One need not be a philosopher to draw conclusions from the difference between the sexes regarding remar riage. A total of 1,178,000 widowers Is reported In 1000, as against a total of 2,717.000 widows. The number of divorced men, still unmarried, was 84 - 000. and the number of divorced worn en was 114.000. Either the average man Is surer he was in the right or the average woman is surer she was wrong In marrying. It Is not surprising that density of population In the East Is becoming one of the notable features of American life. Rhode Island has 407 persons to every square mile, and Massachusetts follows closely with 348. New York has but 152. but her per cent, of in crease In population is rapidly rising, beln* three per cent In 1880-190C above that of the previous decade and Are per cent above that of 1870 tc 188ft. At the present time there are living in the so-called rural district of New York State barely 27 per cent of her population. This Is far greatet than the record In Rhode Island, of five per cent., or of Massachusetts with &5. toward which the trend 1? very rapid. DECREA8E IN TUBERCULOSIS. Some 'rather remarkable facts are developed In the mortality statistics It is demonstrated by exact figures from n so-called "registration area,* comprising those sections of the United States which have accurate reports, that the increase In pneuinoaia death? from -1880 to 1900 was live per cent., of heart disease, 12 per cent.; of kid* ney disease. 44 per cent.; of apoplexy, 17 per cent, and of cancer. 12 per cent On the other hand the figures show a decrease in deaths from consumption of nearly 55 per cent, and of bronchitis 2t? per cent. A marked illustration of the effect of better knowiede of infan tile diseases and tho growing use of antitoxin is the large decrease iu deaths froui those causes. Thus the decrease In deaths from cholera infan tum from 1800 to 1000 was 31 per cent; of diphtheria. 24 per cent., und of convulsions 23 per cent. Some rather common ideas as to tho prevalence of diseases in certain sec tions are dispelled by these figures. Consumption, supposed to be a cold climate disease, had In 1000 an aver age number of deaths In New York State of 104 to 100,000 population. Id the same year this disease had In Ver- j mont. a much colder State, 152 deaths to 100.000 population, and in the Dis- | trict of Columbia, a much warmer place, 305 deaths to 100.000 population. A trifle more than 50 per -ent of the j population of the United States is en- I gaged In gainful occupation. New York's per cent, runs up to 51.0 and Massachusetts' to 53.3, but these fig ures are very largely exceeded in the South, notably in the cotton districts, where It is evidently more profitable to go to work than to go to school. The total number of persons engaged In gainful occupations has risen almost 24 per cent, since 1800. As the total population gained less than 21 pet cent In the period. It is evident thut industrial competition is forcing more and more of the youth into labor. INDUSTRIAL FIGURES AMAZING. The great manufacturing develop ment of the country is shown forth in some amazing figures. The total capi tal invested in 15)00 was almost $10. 000,000,000. a gain of lifly per cent over the total of 1800 and of 280 per cent over the total of 1880.- The value of products from the factories of tho United States showed an increase of 38 per cent over the totul of 1800. How much of this capitalization is due to the trusts can only be figured In a general way. The total capitali zation of the Industrial combinations was reported as $3,000,000.4)00. Of this amount the iron and steel industries furnish almost $1,000,000,000, food and kindred products $348.000.000, ? and rhemlcals and allied products $35-1, 000,000. A notable fact In industrial revolu tion is shown in the figures of the pow er used in American manufactures. Thus, of the total of 11,320.000 horse power, which Is a gain of almost 100 per cent, from 18!K>, 8,700,000 hors* power is steam, but the Increase In steain horse power Is less marked than the increase in other methods of powet generation. The increase in horse power of gasolene engines wus more than 1000 per cent, that of horse pow er by water wheels was 33 per cent, and that of electric motors 2000 pet cent The tendency of the times is thus plainly indicated. A rather significant showing In a comparison of the States is that Mas sachusetts In 1000 produced but $300 worth of manufactures per capita, against $397 worth per capita iu 1800. This Is entirely contrary to the general trend of the Industrial Slates. Con necticut reported n per capita value of products In 1900 of $388. against $333 In 18!)0. New York also showed an In crease In those periods, the amounts being $299 and $28T>, respectively. Pos sibly in tlie relative decrease which the manufacturers of the Bay State may have felt, even If they had not re alized It In figures, is to be found the reHson for the growth of reciprocity sentiment In that section. A decrease In their markets, compelling a shut ting down of mills, would account for the fall In the per capita value of their products. STATISTICS OF CITY AND COUN TRY. Hardly less noteworthy are the com parsons In growth of 101 large cities, which are ubovc all manufacturing centres, with the rest of the United States. The cities grew In population 32 per cent, while the section outside of the cities grew 17 per cent. Yet thui number of establishments In the out side district Increased from 1890 to 1900 77 per cent., while those in the cities grew 13 per cent. The value of products In the outside district In creased 07 per cent., while the valuo of products of the cities lucreased only 24 per cent. Herein one gets a strong Impression of the redistribution of In dustry. which Is going on, due In part at least to the rapid development In the West and South and In larger part to the use of electric power In smaller places. One enn flml both pleasant and un pleasant things In the statistics re garding the nation's agriculture. The 1900 total of farms was more than 11,? 000,000 greater than the total of 1890, and the average size Increased In the decade. But the percentage of farms operated by their owners fell from 71.6 to 04.7 In the decade. Plainly the day* of tenantry on the farm seem nenrlng. Thlrty-seren per cent, of the Amer ican people now live in cities of more than 4000 inhabits etna. About one-third of th j wci^lit of an egg Is solid nutriment. The Japanese In Hawaii now on^ number the natives two to one. The proportion of divorce* to mar riage* In Japan is one to four. The Koreans do not sew their clothca, but use flsh slue Instead of thread. The general depth of the Niagara River at the briuk of the fulls is four feet ' There are 153 women commercial travelers now on the road in Great Britain. It Is stated that there are nearly one million more wouicu than uien in the British Isles. February this year had no full moon. This phenomenon occurs once every nineteen years. Wor? n Mat Hcnt on Trlj?l. jtfew York papers speak guard !!y of the embarrassing position in which a fusbionnble woiunn found herself re. ceutly. She was Invited to a swell wedding, but did not think either of her spring lint* was Rood enough for the occasion, So she visited her mill* liter's and had an exceedingly costly affair sent hoiue on trial. She wore it at the wedding and the next day drow to the milliner's and returned It. siiy. lug it did not suit. It happened that the hatmaker, who quite understood the situation, had been similarly tried several times of late, "Did yoti not wear this hut at the Blank wedding yesterday?" she asked, bluntly. Taken by surprise, the society woman owned up. but asked: "How did you know?" "Oh, It was quite easy. I see several grains of rice In the folds of the lace." A Wall-in-ito Man* W. L. Llghtner, living near Abilene. Kan., disposed of his farm for $7'J0() In cash?$45 an acre?and the Abilene Hcporter says he "had so much money that he did not know what to do wltii It. So when he made his sale, instead of putting on bis bills the usual terms, 'three per cent, off for cash,' he put on It, 'nothing off for cash.' but gave ten months' time at six per cent Interest As the sale went on the buyers canto up with the cash and few asked for time. Altogether $1900 worth of farm animals and goods were sold, and $1700 was In cash.'* ^ - ? During the past year the night shol ( ters of Pari* received 07.2S3 men. UyuG ! women and GSS children. . The largest window in P.rltain Is th? " east window in York Cathedral. It ia > seventy-five feet high aim thirty-two \ feet wide. A bntterfly which a Chicago woman kept all winter, and which has recen tly died, ate one drop cr honey in every "three days. The greatest number of deaths take place not Just after midnight, as popu larly sup|>osed. but between 5 and 0 o'clock in the morning. Among the sights In the city of Paris Is a regular rat pound, where the serv ices of the rodents are utilized for re moving the tlesh from the carcasses of dead animals. The laws under which til* French fisheries of Pierre and Miqdelon are . carried on .ire most carefully observed. | and all infringements punished in a ' most impartial manner; none escape who are detected. The Tien-tsu-husi or Society for Nat- 1 oral Feet, is making many conxeris in ; China. In some regions yo:::m men ' sign a pledge not to marry girls with artificially crippled feet. Professor Flinders Petri recently 1 told an audience at Owens College. ! Manchester. England, that one spot in I the ruins at Abydos, in Upper Egypt, j tells a continuous story running baek j to 5000 It. C. The remains of ten sue- | cessive temples have been unearthed. ?MiynW'ul LiTccm of Anxiety. in a paper read before the congress of French alienists at Grenoble L>r. Gaston Lelaune pointed out that anx iety is a disturbance which is ex pressed by the entire being. The ex citing causes ure sometimes physical and sometimes psychical, and the sytn. toms manifested are both physical and mental. The physical symptoms coin prise cold feelings and chills of the scalp and body, general lassitude, inco ordination of voluntary movements far more apparent than real, emotional coloring of speech, and vertigo which is dependent upon vasomotor cerebral dlsturbam-cs or upon digestive troub les. Iu the anxious states there ure niways circulatory troubles, such as accelerated heart-beat, irregularity of the heart's action, heightened arterial tension und coidne.-s of the extremi ties. Inspiratory disturbances are al so present. The psychial symptoms af "anxie ty" include various degrees of va,.ie dread and npprcbeusivcuess, often taking definite forms, in which case they aiV designated as "phobias" or "ohesaious of fear." weakening of the capucity of attention and of memory, und u tendency to confusion of ideas. Hallucinations of the senses are prone to occur. Nti*v Klml of i:<titor. A woman whose acquaintance wlMi the methods and opportunities of work in a modern newspaper ofilce is of*the slightest, was talking to a friend about her son's start in life. The young man had just left college and had secured a position as reporter on one of the im portant New York dallies in the humble capacity which is the usual lot of a "cub" Journalist?that of a po lice court reporter. Ills mother wus enthusiastic over his good fortune. "Do you klio-v," she exclaimed, "they've given him such a splendid position. He's the crime editor at'Jef ferson .Market Police Court!"?liar per'? Weekly. Some of the 045" jok^j of the Day* Ik* Tnlb rh?r* is a young lady lis?d Smart, tYhose hair is so scant it won't part; She's cross eyed and thin And ss ujljr as sin. But they ssy, "She has such a good heart." ?The Cynic, in Town Topics KihuIn ?*?!????? Ill Patience?"How do you know he* ove (or him was strong?" Patrice?"Because It broke him."? Conkers Statesman. ObllttBR. * She?"Hare you a copy of Pron^ tbeus Bound?" He?"No. ma'am; but we can get It for you bound any way you like."? Minneapolis Tribune. Kxtrerae l>*llrary. Ella?"What are the wild waves say. Ing?" Stella?"I never listen to private coo versa t ion."?Tow a Topics. Thought a* Know of Om. fnstructor (ut ulglit school)?'What are some of tbe evils of wealth?" Shaggy Haired Pupil?"Automobile* one of 'eui."?Chicago Trlbuue. Birk Pay. "What diJ be get $T?00 back pension for?" "Why. i-e wa. shot between tbe skoulder blades."?Youl:crs Herald They LovdiI Karh Other So. Ethel (to Itose, who had Just to!d be* a funny siory)?"But. my dear. that's an awfully old Joke." Itose?"Is it. really, dear? W?*M. of course, you ought to know." The Cook's Carrying Capacity. "You are bavins trouble with your cooks*:" "Yes. The first one carried on so." "And how about the last?" "She carried oft' so. I lost two vests and a hat."?Philadelphia ltecord. Should llnve Known Better. "What was the trouble between Josher and his wife?" . "She stated that a certain young lady of their acquaintance was the handsomest girl iu town and he agreed with her."?Butte Inter Mountain. Rafeguartletl. Mr. Dash ?"Is your cook amiable when you bring hoi.io unexpected com. i?any to dinner?" Mr. Hash?"Oh. we have a guaran teed asbestos curtain between our din lug-room and kitchen." ? Clnch?v:i,l Tribune. Poor Consolation. lie?"I don't like your friend. Miss Knox. She told an acquaintance of mine that I was a perfect Idiot." She?"Oh. I'm sure she didn't mean It. She knows as well as any one else that no human Is absouiieiy perfect.'' ?Chicago News. Nothing to Speak Or. Miss Skrawney (glggllug)?"Ar. Kid der Is such a flatterer." Miss Ascum?"What has he been say ing to you?" Miss Skrawney?"Ob.tee, bee. he's so gallant. He told me I bad arms like the Venus de Mllo."?Philadelphia Press. The Private Carriage. -res." 8aid the man who boasts of what be once waV "I once rode In a carriage of my own." "All of which goes to prove," re marked the man who had his measure, "that baby carriages were In use at the time you were boru."?Butte I Mountain. Marred. "Here's a queer error you over looked." said the copy-holder. "What's that?" demanded Peck, the proofreader. "In this sentence In the copy which begins: 'Ills married life' the 'i' is left out of 'married.'" "It amounts to the same thing. Let It pass." ? Catholic Standard aud Times. Fixed For V.I To. ?i'om Plodder?"Still looking for a sit uation, Jack?" Jack Luckey?"No; I'm engaged now." 'loin I'lodtlor?"You mean you're en gaged to work for some one?" ?lack Luckey?"Ni>; engaged so that I don't have to work. Old Hosier's daughter, you know."?Philadelphia ht'UataT DUuppiiloted. tfoung Bridegroom?"I had hoped your father would forgive me by this time for taking you away from your luxurious hor*:\" Young Bride?"Why. Clarence, ho forgave you long ago. What made you think he hadn't?" Young Bridegroom?"Why?er?h? hasn't asked us to go and,^vo v .'h him."?Chicago Tribune. Cwntemporarcsl. Miss Passay?"Teach you the live step schottische? Why, I don't kuow It." Young Callow?"No? Miss Popprey told me you did." Miss Passay?'"No. Indeed. The five step sehottische must be a very old form of schottlsehe." Young Callow?"Yes, that's what she said."?Philadelphia Press. An Apology. The Doctor (angrily)?"Loo* tier^ Dicer, I understand that you have been telling people that you would not let me treat a sick cat of yours!" Dicer?"I believe I did say that." The Doctor?"Well, sir, you'll bavs to take It back." Dicer?"Very well, I will. I will let you treat a sick cat of mine. I'm not very fond of animals anyhow." Hatlnlartorjr Vteason. "I've Just been making my will. I have bequeathed everything I possess to my wife." "Then you did It in about ten words." "Not at all. The lawyer who drew It cp for me used four sheets of paper." "What did he charge you?" "Five dollars." "Then he's an honest lawyer. Hs wanted to mike the servlcs worth th# fss."?Chicago Tribune.