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WHEN DAY IS DONfc
Low in the wnt the sun
A lu* soft flood of color spread*.
And weaves a veil of golden threads ^
When day, sweet day, is done t
Xhe twilight fades and dies. *
And darkless shrouds the sleeping earth, '
Tuo faint moon guards the nr.it star's t
birth. t
Cloud-cradled in the skies.
Softly the wood-dove calls. 4
The tinkling bell sounds o'er the lea. t
The night-owl watches from his tree t
When evening's shadow falls.
Comes with the dying sun c
Rest from the mad world's busy mart;
A peace that stills the throbbing heart; f
When day, dear day. is done.
-J. W. W.. in The Sun. J
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THERE was once an Army officer?be
Is ts Army officer
to-day ? for that matter,
though on the retired list
?who ivas known familiarly to his
West Point classmates and afterward
to his Intlmstes in the Army as Bingo. (
There never was a bit of mischief
afoot at the academy with Bingo oat
of the running. As far as regulations
were concerned, Bingo wss what is
known in the Point's vernacular as
"reckless." It has never been charged
that the academy boys made too much
of the few negro cadets who have from
time to time been appointed to the
Government school.
Blniro didn't like the negroes and he
never wa? at much pains to conceai
the fact. His early training bad made
him call tbem "niggers," and niggers
they were to him and nothing else. It
happened that Bingo w%a at tbe academy
when Johnson Chestnutt Wlilttaker,
the South Carolina colored cadet,
got the whole country by tbe eara
with bis woolly story that his own ears
had been cut by the white cadets,
who not only sliced these useful members,
but hit tbe Isd over the bead with
an Indian dub and also sheared off
his crlap, curling locks close to the
head.
It was afterward proved that Mr.
Whlttaker's ears were not cut. that be
had not been hit by an Indian club,
and that the hair clipping was done by J
his own hands. It perhaps Isn't nec- 0
eesary to go Into the matter too deep- *
ly. but two separate boards after In
estimations which cost the Government
many thousands of dollars, found
out th3 truth of the affair and sentenced
the negro cadet to be dismissed
from the service, kind-hearted Sectar/
of War, whose father bad Issued
the emancipation proclamation, saw to
It that Mr. Whittaker was "let out
easy." technlcsllty was the loophole.
and so the colored cadet Is borne
on the records as having been dismissed
for deficiency in studies and
discipline.
It was tbout this time that the
cadets. Bingo among them, received
nil sorts of letters from all sorts of
people declaring that the Government's
tudenta were a lot of brutes, villains,
nigger haters, beasts and so on to the
Jtst'
mm mobs* shot mon tnroin him.
end of the vocabulary. The cadets
were "sore," aa the slsngsters have it.
If memory serves well Bingo was the
orest lad In the lot. He said one day
that he believed that niggers were all
tut out of the same piece of black
rlotb. He was looking forward to an ]
'Army career, but he said on two or
three occasions that he hoped It
wouldn't be his 111 luck to be assigned [
to a nigger outfit. "I don't see," be
aid, "how It's possible to make soldiers (
out of such stuff."
Well, it came about that Bingo was
assigned to a colored cavalry regiment,
the "Flying Ninth," as It was afterward
called as a reminder of the day
when the black troopers made a ride
of seventy miles to the rescue of some
of their white brethren, and this with
nothiog under their belts but a cup of
court' ;iqu a rnuus 01 ureuu. .
Bingo joined hit command with a
uniform ami a whole bunch of prejudice.
He found bis black troopers obedient
and possessing many of the sterling
qualities that go to make up a
food soldier, but it takes time and
work to root out prejudice. Bingo
never referred now to bin men as niggers.
That would hare been bad form
and unmilitary to something more than
a degree, but when be thought of them
there i* little doubt that bis mental
Impression was that of a word having
two g's in it.
It was something loss than a year
after Bingo Joined down at the isolated
military |?ost in far away New Mexico
that the Apaches broke loose. It was
the summer of 1881 and there was the
beat of hades on the desert. The Indian
tmiihln tvjis n* hot as the weather.
and It continued bet all through the
80s. Bingo was a Second Lieutenant
He had been two or three time*
through tbe ceremony of the baptism
of Are. One day bis black troop struck
the reds In a place called curiously
enough, Cucblllo Negro.
: -y? . v--#^?rr-v--V-vci
New York City.?At this season of | w
the year much attention is given to the p!
making of comfortable bouse garments cl
ind dressing sacques. Something cool si
'f-t:T7-" .>- - ? -..
There was a fight on in just the time
hat It took to cock, tight and poll the
rigger of a Springfield carbine. The
kpacbea were behind the rocks and
rare covered completely by these, the
:est bulwarks that nature affords.
>Vben the troop bad reached the mid*
lie of a little open space in front of
he Apaches' fastness they were met
>y a volley. It was death and nothing
rise for the mounted men there in the
>pen, and a movement was made for
rover until a pli.n of flgbt could be
irranged. In the meantime the "ping"
>f bullets was constant. (
At the first fire of the red foe a ,
rooper bad tumbled from the saddle. ,
V comrade had sought to raise him .
iml carry h^n back, but be discovered
is be supposed that the man was dead,
ind that the great risk that be would
un during the time necessary to lift
ilm to the saddle and be off with him
ras useless.
The supposedly dead man lay there
n the open. The troopers were under
ihelter. and while a conference was on
imong the officers they kept up a fire
>very time an Apache feather showed
ibove a rock. Suddenly the trooper
ylng on the blistering sands midway
tetween the white and the red foes
raa seen to move. The man was not
lead.
From the right of the troop a man
prang Into the saddle and without a
conl spurred his horse straight on to
he bullet-swept field. lie was a olack
rooper going to tbe rescue of his
tricken comrade. Hie Apacbes bad
een tbe movement of tbe man lying ,
rrone on tbe sand as quickly as bad ,
lis comrades. Twenty bullets went ,
traigbt to tbe mark. Tbe fsllen solder
was dead before tbe black trooper ,
rbo would rescue blm bad reached bis
ide. Tbe reds turned their attention
o tbe hero who was daring death for
lis fellow. They turned their rifles
oose at b!m. One shot killed his horse, (
rbicb rolled to the plain. Another 1
hot struck tbe rider in tbe shoulder,
nd still another broke his leg, and be
ay there helpless, but getting what 1
over be could from the body of bis
alien horse. 1
Just then another horse shot out from t
be cover where lay the soldiers. Bingo. 1
n? Second Lieutenant, was on bis
>ack. He spurred straight for the <
vounded black bero. Apache shots I I
norkoH nil hi? war. Bingo reached I <
b ialien man unscathed. He dls- i
uw?_.ted. and to the music of singing i
mllets be lifted tbe soldier to tbe sad- 1
He and tben sprang to a place behind
dm, and, putting tbe spur in deep,
rent back for shelter, while the shots
ormed a leaden frame about him.
It was months afterward when Bingo
net a former classmate. "Bingo," he
laid, WI bear you made a hero of jour elf
and saved the life of a nigger."
"There's a mistake somewhere,
rim," said Bingo. "I saved the ljfe
>f a man."?Edward B. Clark. In tbe
Chicago Record-Herald.
H* Wh Tm Cltftr.
An anonymous physician who lis*
rrltten some "confessions" for the
few York Independent tells this story
ibout himself: "I received a request to
from an old patient who was
fraid she was taking scarlet fever. I
?s ponded at once. The patient waa I
me of two elderly sisters whom I had
itteoded for many years. I greeted
ter in the sitting-room and noted her
raise while In the act of shaking hands
with her. By some witty remarks I
contrived to make her laugh, which
>nabled me to see her tongue. Then
I said in a playful tone: 'If you will
ret me a glass I will treat you to some
>f my patent soda water.' She did so.
[ put a tablet in the water, and she
lrank it I want you to know that I
ake pride in my original methods. I
:ry to educate my patients to like, and
lot lo dread, the visits of the doctor,
[n this case all of my work had been
lone without the direct knowledge of
he patient, and I felt very good over
t So I bade my patient goodby with
extreme cheerfulness. She looked sur- !
prised and then said: 'Of course, you j
irill come upstairs and see my sister?' !
Not to-day.' I said. 'Give her my re- j
tpects.' 'Why.' she said, looking mys- j
tilled and startled, 'how strangely you
oiv" '9tMn?l.r T uth/uul 'IVKrV
iuia. wuaugci/ ? ft tvuucvi. iv u/ * I
Because I sent for you to prescribe j
for my sister and you decline to see j
ber.' It flashed over my mind in an !
Instant I had prescribed for tbe (
wrong sister. I was entirely too j
clever."
N#w Story of Kltehaacr.
From New Zealand comes a new
itory of Vlacount Kitchener, says the
London Express.
A trooper of the Third Contingent
had been sent to Pretoria. Arriving
?t bis destination, be was sitting in a
railway carriage awaiting orders.
While he was enjoying a pipe a ragfeed-looking
"gentleman in khaki"
came along tbe line.
Tbe stranger wore no stars or other
distinguishing marks, and dlil not look
In any wiy Impressive. Pausing in
front of the young officer, lie asked:
"Colonel?"
"Yes," wu the reply.
"Which?"
"Third New Zealand."
"Ah. yon are to Join Plummer."
The stranger then began to talk ol j
"Inside orders" in a way that surprised I
the New Zealander, who remarked
that he was awaiting just such orders
from Lord Kitchener.
"Well, you've got them. I'm Kitchener,"
was the unexpected reply.
The New Zealander took bis pipe
from bis mouth, stood to attention and I
began to feel uncomfortable, but be
found Lord Kitchener absolutely devoid
of "Hide," and a very genial officer.
Xu'i Greatest Kotnijr.
"Fatigue Is one of the greatest one*
mien of the human race. Modern
physiology shows that it is the cause
of nearly half, and perhaps more, of
the several hundred catalogued diseases
that prey upon mau. In our age,
with its high pressure, its hot and
bitter competition, and the unrelenting
struggle for survival, its moral and
physical ravages are steadily increasing.
Cities, in which an ever larger
proportion of our i>eople dwell, are
biological hothouses, aud. for aomc,
furnaces, forcing development prematurely.
and encouraging late hour% and
excitement and consuming nerve and
brain."?Ainslee's Magazine.
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LADIES' DBK38INO 8ACQU1.
ind loose is most desirable, and yet rl
many women wish them to have a neat 8
appearance also. a
A sacque that combines all these re- t<
quirements is illustrated here, made of c
white wash silk, with lace and em- a
hrolderr for trimming.
It la fitted to the figure with backs
and under-arm gores, and ia plain
acroaa the ahonlders in front The 11
neck ia cut allghtly low and square. H
finished with a band of lace. ?
The foil fronts are gathered at the
upper edge and arranged on the lace.
If preferred beading may be used to
Bnlsh the neck and upper edge of front Pj
and ribbons drawn through the beading.
tied in a bow at the neck. p
The sacque la trimmed with a band
of embroidery at the lower edge. The
sleeves are shaped with inside seams t;
only, have comfortable fulness on the c
shoulders, and have a casing stitched
about three inches from the lower
edge. Elaatic run through this casing
draws the sleeve close to the arm be- ti
LADIES' GARDEN I
low the elbow, the lower portion form- v
lng a raffle. Narrow lace Is applied 11
over the casing. f
Stylish sacques in this mode may be 1
made of lawn, Swiss or dimity, with li
pretty ribbons and lace for trimming, t
It is also appropriate for albatross,
eillng, silk crepe, cashmere or any r
soft woolen fabric with bands of taf- 1
feta to take the place of lace or em- t
broidery. o
To make the sacqne in the medium v
ize will require three yards of twenty- o
seven-inch material.
c
Gown For > (JtnUa Psrty. y
The gown illustrated U made of pale u
green satin foulard, with spots in a
darker shade. It is trimmed with ecru tj
lace and white liberty sntin. p
The waist is mounted on a glove- n
fitted featherboned lining that closes f
i~ #?., /.untr? fmnt Thi? foulard Is
IU IUC V?w?tv
drawn plainly across the shoulders In ),
the back and displays slight gathers p
at the belt A smooth adjustment is t
maintained under the arms. I,
The skirt Is shaped with five gores.
narrow front and sides, and wide e
backs, fitted smoothly around the
waist and over the hips without darts.
The fulness In the centre back is arranged
In an underlying pleat at each
side of the closing.
To make the waist in the medium
size will require one and oue-quarter
yards of forty-four-inch material, with
three-quarter yard of contracting mati
'1 for puflfg and plastron, and live
eig'no yaru 01 nu-utrr hut,
To make the nkirt in I be medium size
will require four nn?l fliree-quarter
yards of forty-four-inch material.
Folds MMqncratU Tacks.
Broad tucks l>oo?t a certain style, out
are not altogether simple in tbe making;
especially do they take on kiuks
when one attempts to adorn a Daring
tioiince with them. Thin is really
enough to test the best of tempers, and
the sensible oues get around it by laying
on rows of overlapping bias folds.
The amateur will tind bar Lands quite
full enougb with letting a few of these
tormentors into the bluuse. One thing r
they eat up an immense amount of material
whichever way one mauages. d
With Plaid Kklrta.
Tremendously ultra are tbe pleated g
belaroa of black doth or silk when t
.
i 1 orn
with skirts of black and white
laid. These skirts are mostly lo tin;
becks. though some broken plaid* are
?en. and the kilt, the pleats stitched
own to the knees, is a favored model,
a some instances the blouse tg of the
becked silk, but more often it * of
ream lace which shows only as a
est and big undersleeves once the
lcket la 0^. The Jacket by the way.
as pleated sleeves in flowing effect
A ravorlte Combination.
Wnite and green are also a farorue
nmhinntinn In some cases the green
red oral nates, and tbe white In otbera.
i, large turban of coarse white braid
as a facing of three large braid* of
reen straw divided by folds of white
Ilk. Two slender wings, one white
nd one green, lie on tbe crown, and
n tbe brim is an ornament of cat
teel. from which two green wings
olnt behind the ear.
Htid-PtliM Ribbon*.
Moat delectable are tbe white satin
Ibbon sashes, band-painted with
raoeful buuehes of daisies or violets,
t tbe ends and single blossoms scathed
artistically over tbem. or those
orered witb sprays of the most nat-,
ral-looking wild roses.
Put I j Little Dsncllac OrunnM.
Pendant ornaments of all kinds are
i high rogue. Very pretty little dang
- - -? .nJ
OS tuinga are U1UUC Ul mucia auu
ilk cord aod shaped like a fuchsia.
Buckle PrattlMM.
A pretty thins in a belt bucklc is
lade of two disks, each a little larger
iian a quarter, with a flcur de lys lo
urple enamel.
NmImb Drawn Work.
Mexican draw a work is used abort
be hems and inserted In the yokes of
hlldren's fine sheer linen.gowns.
An Attractive Walat.
Sheer tan batiste Is used for this at. active
waist, with ecru lace collar and
?ARTI GOWN.
rrlstbands. It is made over a glove*
itted. featherboned lining of green tafeta
tbat closes la tbe centre-back,
.'be green shows through tbe batiste,
ending a pleasing contrast to tbe neural
tint of tbe fabric.
Three forward turning tuck* are arBilged
at each side of the centre front
The third tucks are stitched from neck
o belt to simulate a vest, while the
then terminate half way down, proIding
a stylish fulness that blouaef
ver the green statin belt.
The closing is made invisibly at the
entre-back under a box pleat, the
raist fitting smoothly in the back and
inder the arms.
A transparent lace collar completes
be neck. These collars are especially
opnlar during the summer, as they
re much cooler and more comfortable
ban those lined with stiffening.
The elbow sleeves are shaped with
aside senilis and tucked to fit the uper
arms closely. The fulness between
e poiQi wnere me iucki mop uuu iuc
j?'er edge forma a puff that is gatbted
and nrrauged on a narrow lace
Ibow bam'.
Tbe mode may be developed la Swiss,
CCK1D BLOC3B WITH XLBOW 8L1BTM.
Iraity, Iowa, organdie or any sheer
rash fabric with lace trimmings.
To make tbe waist In tbe mediam
ise will require two yards of fortywo-Inch
material.
TWO GREAT CITIES.
ydnsj to 0?fitrlp M?lbo?ra* ud * *
com* Autnlla'i MatropolU.
Melbourne has always been tbe largest
city of Australia. In Its phenomenal
growth It can be compared only
with Chicago and San Francisco. In
1835 It had a name and fourteen inhabitants;
in ISM) it contained 451.000
persons. Gold made Melbourne. For
ten consecutive years the gold mines
from sixty to oue hundred miles to the
north and northwest produced over
$50,000,000 of gold every year. Tbe
many thousands of men required to
mine this treasure bought their supplies
In Melbourne and spont thetr
money there. The city faced to tbe
north where tbe mines were; its back
door was on tbe sea.
But tbe gold mines of Victoria have
lost their old importance. They are
still productive, but their yield is far
inferior to that of the desert mines
of western Australia. Melbourne is
slowly losing the largest resource that
made her great, and the wool and
wheat trade is not likely to fully compensate
her for the declining mining
Interests. Tbe city was said in 1801
to have 400.896 population, including
tbe suburbs. Fire years later only
451,000 persons were counted In tbe
city and its environs.
Tbe decline in population is probably
only temporary. Many miners have
been drawn away by more Sattering
prospects elsewhere, but they will
gradually be replaced by permanent
settlers. <
Tbe great city, however, seems destined
soon to lose its pre-eminence.
Sydney is steadily Increasing in population;
by the last census it was only
42,000 under Melbourne's figures. Sydney
is growing, while Melbourne is
scarcely holding her own. There are
a number of reasons why Sydney will
probably forge ahead and permanently
; maintain its lead among Australian
cities.?New York Sun.
File* sail th? Administration.
The present administration is opposed
, to flies, and is lighting them through
; the Department of Agriculture. Dr.
j Howard. Chief of the Division of Entomology.
is the general directing the
campaign, which is being prosecuted
at present chiefly by the distribution of
pamphlets, telling about all sorts of
j flies, their various habits and dangerj
ous propensities. For tbe better study
i of tliem 2300 were caught in kitchens
and dining rooms in all purts of the
country and put on trial. Of these,
ninety-eight per cent, were common
| house flies. The house fly does not bite
or biiuk- iuu prami uuukci iiuuj
him arises from bis neglect to wipe his
feet. He will tramp over flltb nml
infected matter, and straightway track
bis accumulation ov?r anything that
any nearby family may be having for
dinner. It is easiei to discourage
dies altogether than to teach them better
habits. General-Entomologist Howard
talks of a war of extermination,
bat the first and most practicable thing
to do Is to teach people In general as
mncb as possible about flies; when and
where they breed and why they are
dangerous. It Is well known that
stables are great nurseries of flies.
It seems hopeless to attempt to regulate
stables so that flies won't breed in
them, but a good deal can be done by
the use of knowledge and of sense;
and where stables are so placed that
their flies are particularly annoying,
the use of chloride of lime will help
matters very much. The great central
truth about flies and the danger from
them seems to be, tbe cleaner the
place, tbe fewer flies, and tbe less dan
per from those that are there. Common
flies do not secrete poison: they
merely carry it Don't leave any poison
i around where they can get at it. Bury
I it; keep garbage in proper receptaclesi
and remove It promptly.?Hand's
j Weekly.
What VmIIIi Cannot Do.
Jacob Ridgeway, a wealthy citizen
| of Philadelphia, died many years ago,
j leaving a fortune of $0,000,00.). "Mr.
! Ridgeway." said a young man. "you
( are more to be envied than any genj
tleman I know. Think of the thou;
sands your Income brings you every
month T
"Well, what of that?" replied Mr.
Ridgeway. "All I get out of It Is my
victuals and clothes, and I can't eat
more than one man's allowance or
wear more than one suit at a time.
I can only live in one house at a time;
as for the money I receive for rents,
why, I can't eat It, or wear it; I can
only use It to buy other houses for
other Deonle to live In: they are bene
flclaries, not I. I can only look at the
furniture and pictures, and the poorest
man who Is not blind can do the
same. I can ride no easier in a fine
carriage than you in an omnibus for
five cents, with the trouble and attention
to drivers, footmen and hostlers,
and as to 'anything I desire' I can tell
you, young man. that the less we desire
in this world the happier we shall
be. All my wealth cannot buy back
my youth, cannot purchase exemption
from sickness and pain, cannot procure
me power to keep afar off the
hour of death; and then what will all
arall, when. In a few short years at
most, I He down In the grave and leave
it all forever? Youn? man, you have
no cause to envy me."
Whin Woman Courts the Mm.
There is a sweet simplicity about th?
marriage rites of Burmah. Travelers
Will It'll US ma I u uvtuittrs U|HII| Iur
wouiau to do tlie courting. When a
maiden sees a youth whom she thinks
woulil make a desirable husband, she
forthwith offers him a stick of sweetmeat.
If her accepts her proposal he
at once eats her offering of affection,
and from that moment she is his wife.
No further ceremony Is nei-essary, and
witnesses to the contract are not required.
It is in the act of eating that
thin primitive marriage rite consists,
says the Philadelphia Times.
' But supposing that the youth declines
the offer of marriage? This he
does by assuring the girl that the
Sweetmeat Is not to bis taste, and tbe
maiden knows that she must seek
elsewhere for some one who will ap
preclate the lore which her offering
betokens.
Their Friend*.
For every man who In hlw own wonit
enemy there are a hundred who are
their own beat frleudf -Puck.
Our. Budget
or Humor..
Alack!
A fellow who lives in Dn Moines
Tried the local "four hundred" to joi&es;
He tided might and main,
But entirely in vim,
Because he was lacking in comes.
?Puck.
Hte'Statas.
"Pretty much of a fool, isn't he?**
"Fool? Wby. be* a boro Juryman!*
?Puck.
A Termeotor.
Father?"Tommy, quit polling that
poor cat*s tall"
Tommy?"I'm only holding on to It.
pa. The cat's pulling It."?New York
Journal.
Aaotktr Sbora Laab.
"I understand that bis money is Unvested
in Wall Street."
"No; be took It down there, but tb?
fellow who got It went to Europe."?
?1CH luik nuin.
Thought It Likely. \
Mrs. Dootle?"And will yoa lore m?
when I'm old and unlovely?"
Doozle?"I suppose so. You see. I'll
be old aod daffy then, myself."?Sao
Francisco Bulletin.
iKlgkt aod La(t.
Fuddy?"She baa fifty thousand lb
her own right." ,
Duddy?"In ber own right?"
Fuddy ? "It was left to her. you
know."?Boston Transcript.
Hla AdTic*.
"So you wouldn't advise a man to go i
into politics unless be has money."
said the beginner.
"I didn't say that," answered Senator
Sorghum; "if you can get somebody
else to put up the money for you go
ahead, by all means." ? Washington
Star.
Counting oa It.
Wife of Eminent Philanthropist*
"My dear, what are you thinking of?
You gave that poor man only ten:
cents."
Eminent Philanthropist?"I know it, I
Amanda. It will be $10 when it gets j
Into the anecdote column."?Oblcago
rribune.
r- ?
Rottud, Prabablr.
Author?"Did you read the mau?
script of my new play?"
Friend?"Yes."
Author?"Did you consider it well
done?"
Friend?"W<?I1, If It Isn't It will be
when the critics get through with it."
?Chicago News.
Waat Back os the BIa?.
Gerald?"My brother turned crimson
the other day."
Geraldine ? "I never knew him to
blush." |
Gerald ? "I didn't say that be
blushed."
Geraldine?"What did he do?"
Gerald?"Left Yale and entered Har-1
ard."?New York Press.
And They Ntrtr Do It.
"He would b* all right." said th?
man who is always viticlslng others,
"if it wereu't for bSr fearful habit of
mendacity."
"I have always regarded him as possessing
the highest ideas of honor."
"Yes. But be is one of these people j
*- 1 ? ? thof tHo? 4
woo are Biwuja uuuuuunu) iiwi .mV<
are going to tell jou the funniest story
you ever beard."?Washington Star.
Whin the Coak'a A war.
"Are you ready?" asked the first man.'
"I am," came the answer in a firm I
tone.
"Then rome. We may as well know
the worst."
Closing the door behind them tbey j
resolutely descended the stairs.
When tbey arose from the boarding* |
house table, however, they agreed that I
the meal bad been no worse than i
usual.?Judge.
Wlitrf the LIm Nut Be Draws. |
"If these monopolists keep on." said '
the alarmist, "Uiey will own every- J
thing."
"No. they won't." answered Mr. Dio- j
g^nes diujjs, wun die i-uuiinawui.;
which always comes over him when h?
has something disagreeable to comma*
nicate; "they'll alwuys allow us little
ambitious fellows to own enough to
provide the assessot a basis for a tax
levy."?Washington Star.
It'a Up to ?he MiitrtH. |
I I
Mistreas (to new servant >? "There
are two thing*. Mary, about which I
am very pnrtieular: they are truthfulness
and obedience "
Mmw? Vm'iii: mid when tou tell m?
to say you're not in. when a person
rails that you don't wish to see. which
is it to be. mum?truthfulness or obe*
Hence?"?Kinx. ,
/
THE GfiBAT DE8TB0YER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
FanUtaftk* Fly tad Um wtfwm**-?A
Clover Editorial Frm the Hew Twk
^mtml Sbavlac tkrt Um Whisky
Maker la M fMUlk aa Wlf.
This ia a true story; not am acaimolatioa
of peeodo facts.
A mas had spread oat a sheet of fly paper.
He noticed that from day to day the
Bomber of .email Mack epecka increased,
each a peck tailing the etory of the fly*a
tragic end. *
One day. out of idle enrioeity, be fell to
studying toe fliee aa their doom overtook
them.
One fly eame to the edge of the paper,
tasted tne treacherous, sticky preparation,
then went away for the time being.
Another fly did the aame, bat waded
?J La.
DOJdiJ in* mau wu wjub yy|i?
Another fly. flying down straight from
abort, landed in tht middle of the fly
paper. Hi* pleasant bos of anticipation v
aoon changed to a loud singing noise, thai
told of help lea* rag* and for.
A* the flies landed on the paper each
acted in a different way.
Some beat their wing* frantically for a
second or two, only to fall over cn their
aides very soon and succumb to the aticky
poison.
Others showed more intelligence, and,
when they realixed the danger, stood on
the tips of their tiay leg*, endeavoring to
draw themaslves up aud fly away.
Now and then some fly, with a violent
effort of his muscles and of his will, would
actually tear hiiflself from the fly paper *
and escape.
Others could not git away, bat made
heroic struggle. Tbey walked across the
paper, dragging their heavy lap and
sticky winci. climbing np on the bodies of
the other flies in search of some means of
escape.
The man watched the flies, their different
kinds of efforts, their different ways of
dying, the long struggle* of some, the quick
submission of others. It was a grewsom*
but interesting spectacle.
What interested him most was the stupidity
of the flies, and the fact that not
one of them seemed to learn anything from
the fete of the scores of others stretched
dead on the sticky surfece.
"It is evident," said the man, "that these
flies hare absolutely no capacity for think
inc or for estimating conaequencea.
"Each fly aa he approaches the paper
must see thlt there are Korea of flies
lying dead on it. Each of these flieel aa ha
goes back and forth near thia death trap
mint see the other flies straying, see
their useless efforts, hear their tarrifivd
burning?yet each fly in his torn runs the
risk, and, tempted by the sweet, sticky
substance, goes to death in his tun*.
"I suppose that each foolish fly thinks
that he will escape the fate of the others.
Each one imagines that h* can light on the
paper and get off again. Perhaps each has
noticed the occasional fly that geta on the
fly naoer and does escape safely.
"What fools these flies are. What a foot
each one of them is not to say to himaslf /vgl
that what has rained ao many other flies
will surely ruin him. Why do they not get
out of this room, if they caA. or at Mat
keep aa far away from the fly paper as possible?"
Having thus mused philosophically, the
man nut on his hat and went out, leering
fnnliakiiMi tfl MM
of themselves.
The man turned to the right, then
turned to the left, then went through *
doorway,, and then he was on the fly paper
th*t catches human beings.
He was in a drinking saloon, and he bad
a glass of whisky in front of him.
At this point we may'studv this man it
the saloon as be studied the flies on the flf
pacer in his bedroom.
What happens to the man in a saloon?
Exactly that which happens to flies oa
the fly paper.
One man goes near the edge of the **
whisky habit, takes a little and goes away,
like the first -fly mentioned, who approached
the edes of the fir paper.
This bnmfa fly who takes a little and
goes away is almost sure to come back
again in time. *? n? ? ?? *
Other men who approach the whisky fly
pil&r take a little and promptly wad*
right in to their {lopm. *
The human victims that light on tb*
whisky fly paper hare as many ways of
struggling, as many wars of dying, as many <
ways of suffering, and as few chances of
escaping, as the ignorant fly that lights
on the sticky fly paper in the hot kitchen.
Of human flies on the whiskv fly paper,
pome struggle feebly for a while against
the habit that has caught them, ana soon
succumb. .
Others last for a long while. Only ths
ends of their feet touch the flr paper.
They keep their bodies erect, and for tb?
time being feel quite croud of themselves,
| snd call themselres "Moderate Drinkers."
But their feet are on the fly paper, and
I with nine out of ten of them ft is only a
question of time when the body and mind
irill sink to the level of the feet, and thai
will be the end of the struggle.
An occasional human being MCtpea from
the whuky fly p*per, and goes away to
tell other* that ''whisky never hurt him."
This human fly does the most harm. Ho
sends others to whisky, and sooner or
later he is pretty sure to go bade there
himself.
When you co into a restaurant, or any
other place where fly paper is spread out,
take a look at the struggling, suffering insects
dying slowly and horribly in the
ticky mass that falsely at trie ted them.
Yon will wonder at the stupidity of each
fly as it alights, regardless of the fat* of
others.
Don't duplicate that fly's stupidity in
your own life.
Remember that what has ruined others
may ruin you. Keep away from the saloon
and from the whuky bottle. Take a
walk through the Potter's Field some day
?any man at the Morgue can tall yon how
to oet there?and you will find the fruits
of the whisky bottle, quiet and peaceful at
last in their final rest on the surface of tip
fly paper that caught them.?New York
noiiniat.
A Bishop's TmMbmt.
Biahop Tucker, of Central Africa, giving
his experience of teetotaliam to a prate
representative, aaid: "I hare been a teetotaler
for twenty year*. So far from regretting
it, I would commence it eooner
U I bad the chance again. I find Aat in
Africa, not only ia a teetolar better fitted
to cope with the climate, but he ia better
fitted for the great physical exerciae which
be haa to undergo. I have marched aome
10,000 milea in Africa, and have never felt
the w*nt of anything like a atimulant. Indeed,
I felt sure that if I had not been a
teetouler it would have been impoaaible to
undergo the fatigue involved in aome of
the marching." The Biahop in hia prcvioue
paatoral visit covered about 1000 milea, en*
tirely on foot. This na harder than being
Buhop of Bendigo.
The Crusade In Brief.
Von Moltke, the great German, waa
strict teetotaler.
Whisky won't get you into trouble if
you don't drink it.
There are 6,000,000 more total abstainers
to-day than fifty years ago.
Th<? niirnadi art* cirawine total ahati>
nence lints closer about their employe*.
Another of those humanity staggering
thing*, say* the Chicago Tribune, is the
national drink bill.
The Chicago night school term is to b?
shortened, but the saloonj will continue to
run on full time.
Swiss prison statistics show that drink
i* the chief immediate causa of the crimc
and arrest of 57.7 per ccnt. of the persons
iu penal confinement.
u* i L.t:?
*uvw UI uu imuh ur jiraiiivx mi
thoroughly treacherous a? is the use of intoxicating
beverages. Its jtositive tendency
is toward the slavery of its devotee*.
Senator Hans trough, of North Dakota,
introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of
liquor in all public building* and immigration
stations belonging to the Lnited
State*.
A "Committee of Twelve" has been
evolved in Massachusetts. made up of representatives
of three tcmperance societies
and certain men engaged in education, to
make out a course of study in temocranc*
phyaiology. *
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