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AS IT EVER WAS.
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nan on his neighbor
! Contemptuous looks down,
h The crown upon the crosier,
/ The osier on the crown.
Each' man reviles his brother
And lis him knave and fool.
r: The schoolman flouts the layman.
The layman scorns the achool.
> Yet each man casts in secret
^ On each an envious look;
The king would hold^the crosier,
The dullard know a book.
- The Philosopher, in Town Topics.
THE TflRKfl
; T/1PLET5.
is;: By A. WALLIE. } : : :
JtOKk 3AVE found the very tmng
to suit you!" cried Philip
H 0 To Dnnton, impetuously. "No
IJ K D10re ?f this abominable
Hm)(OW^ mechanical work for you?
Hput it away, Madge!"
He(Iaid violent hauds upon the manHoscript
lying beside the typewriter at
Hirhich Madge Margetson was employed
Htnd flung the offending document into
Hlhe--grate. whence the girl retrieved it
Hpefore answering.
V "For shame, Philip!" she exclaimed,
Hvrith indignation not wholly simulated.
H'lt belongs to one of my best clientsHit
Is his last novel, indeed?and I have
Hno end of trouble to make out his writHlfig
at any time. Now you have made
Hit more difficult than ever for me."
|3 She smoothed the crumpled sheets,
Htenderly, while the young man, someHwhat
abashed, watched her closely.
Si "I'm awfully sorry, dear," he apoloHgized;
"but I was really so delighted at
Hthe idea that you may get rid of this
Hborrld work for something more conHgenial
that I did not stop to think.
Forgive me, won't you?"
H ET? had come very near to her, but
Hsbe moved away.
m | "I'll pardon you upou two condiJ^ions."
she returned, maintaining her
Ieverity. "uae is mac you sit aown?
he other, that you tell me coherently
ehat this wonderful plan of yours is!"
He seated himself as she bid. and she
esumed her place at the machine, but
aclng him.
"You know." he began, "that in two
lays' time I leave, along with my unle.
Professor Kruse, to whom I am
o act as secretary and assistant while
te explores the mounds of Tarka, in
Lsia Minor."
The listener nodded.
"That," she commented, curtly, "Is
iddlers' news; we have discussed it for
reeks past."
"Prav note." hp retorted, mischiev
Dnsly, "that I am making up for my
jrecipitation just now by putting everything
plainly. Therefore, permit me
to add that we two are engaged, but I
lave nothing to marry upon except
irhat I get from my uncle, who disapproved
of marriage on principle, and.
[ verily believe, of all women, save
Miss Miriam Morgan.
"This Miss Morgan wants a companion
who understands cuneiform writing,
and has sought vainly for one poslessing
such an unusual accomplishment.
I told her of you, and of how,
? assist your late fathei in his Assy'lan'researches
you had learned someaxing
of it. She deputed me to ask
whether you would come to her, and
>ffers ten pounds monthly by way of
I Madge s strong, handsome face
ighted up.
"It would suit me, certainly," she adaitted;
"but what kind of a woman is
liss Morgan, and what reason has she
or such an extraordinary require"She
is very rich, good natured,
tout and nearer fifty than forty,"
)uuton summarized iu reply, "and
lace she has known my uncle has deeloped
a craze for his special line of
tudy, about which, however, she is
xtremely stupid. You are sure to like
This prophecy proved correct. Madge
[id take to Miss Morgan, and that lady
eciprocated the feeling; in fact, the
Ollowing afternoon, when Professor
Lruse, along with his nephew, called
o bid her farewell, they fouDi iier full
if praise of the new companion, with
rhom she had arranged that morning.
"Such a dear girl," she gushed, "and
b pretty?r.ot at all like one who kuew
pything about that wonderful cruciprm
writing."
"Cuneiform," corrected the profes
|>r?a spare, ascetic man. "It Is cerinly
unusual for a woman to underand
it. But what better occupation
iuld she have than its study?" he deanded,
with that enthusiasm for his
>bby which characterized him.
' What better?" reiterated Miss Jlorin,
her rubicund color flushing to
imson. '"Why. she,could ma.?ry, of
tarse?that would be a higher occupa>n."
"I don't agree with you." the profesir
retorted bluntly. "No woman with
Iieuuui: laieuis suouia marry?ic is a
crifice of her genius at the shrine of
mere man?a moral suicide?an utter
iquity.
"I trust to be able to send you from
irka," he went on, as though he were
the lecture room, "the clay tablets
taring the records of. the hopes and
ars, the ambitions and the disap(intments
of 4000 years ago. With
>ur young friend's help you will be
fie to decipher these writings, which
k mortal eye has read for that period,
hat commonplace, present-day marL
crt\ no r> 6n?o! e n/?h on amftKlAnnA1)"
Iiijt vau ^ -i uu k mi tApginra^c.
You mentioned that before," reonded
the lady, evading the direct
ue. '"and that was what gave me the
?a of getting a companion who could
ad them to me. But you will write
me yourself, professor?"
My work will so engross me." he reined,
still in the same vein of awk
I Liu jia;iuuw>, iuui i icui jl uiusl iiSK
a to accept the sentiments of the
jlets as mine. I shall select suitable
e?. and am sure you will be interred."
diss Morgan sighed again, and did
still more deeply when shortly after
j visitors took their leave.
philip's letters to Madge, after his
fival at Tarka, reflected the state of
5 mind, which was much distressed.
He did not a cbance for tlieni, lie
wrote, for his ancle's antipatny to marriage
appeared to increase. But, the
young man added by postscript, the
professor had forwarded to Miss Morgan
a case full of curious tablets they
had discovered, bearing in cuneiform
characters much ancient correspondence.
When the package thus advised duly
arrived. Miss Morgan opened it with
enthusiasm.
"Can you really read this?" she
a*ked Madge, as she picked out a cake
of baked clay. "It looks like badly
made chocolate, with the marks of
hens' feet on it."
It took the girl the greater part of a I
day to fully decipher the hieroglyphics; I
but toward evening she brought the result
of her labors to her employer.
"I think I have made out most of
it." she reported, hesitatingly, "but I
hardly like to tell you what it is."
"Read it at once." the other ordered,
eagerly. "I am old enough to judge
for myself."
"It is attaressea in your name,
Madge, thus instructed, proceeded,
with a blush. " 'To Miriam, the wellbeloTed,
the searcher, sendeth greeting.*
"
"Go on!" cried Miss Morgan.
" 'My heart panteth as does a Syrian
ass under burdens. Name the nuptial
day. Then shall the teacher fly to the
taught, and the searcher seek his beloved,'
"
Miss Morgan's face was a study of
smiles in color.
"How poetical!" she exclaimed.
"How characteristic. What a dear
man to express it in such an uncommon
way. I shall answer him at once."
Whereat Madge was discreetly silent,
but at the same time that she sent
away a letter from Miss Morgan to
Professor Kruse she posted one to Dunton
from herself.
The result was startling. Some weeks
later came a cable from the professor
to say that he was returning, and,
shortly after, he arrived, accompanied
by his nephew. His first call was upon
Miss Morgan, who received him alone.
"I had your letter," he began a-vk"wnrfiiv
ns soon as the first ereetiners
were over; "and to clear up the obvious
misunderstanding, came home at once
?acting, I ma.v say, partly on my
nephew's advice."
"Misunderstanding!" repeated the
lady, sharply.
"It is plain that I had?ah?no intention
in?ah?sending you a tablet bearing
a proposal of?ah?marriage 4000
years old?of?ah?adopting its sentiments."
Miss Morgan drew herself erect.
"In Mr. Dunton's presence, before
you left, you told me exactly the reverse,"
she retorted, with acerbity,
"and your attentions otherwise, Professor
Kruse, have been extremely
marked. You ha?e placed me in a very
false position."
"The error may not be irremediable."
he stammered, clumsily. "I have always
said, Miss Morgan?Miriam, that
no woman has ever interested me as
you do, and that none had taken such
concern in my researches."
"And in you," murmured the lady.
a.1 ? ?1 ?
eucuurugiugiy.
"Then suppose we let the tablet
stand as expressive of my feelings. Its
language is florid, but "
"You can try to keep it up," she suggested
boldly. "I have lov?liked you
all along, Professor, and now my
money, as well as myself, will be able
to assist your investigations."
The door opened to admit Madge
Margetson and Philip Dunton, who
paused as they saw the attitude of the
others. But the professor called them
in.
"Let me introduce you," he said,
blithely, "to the future Mrs. Kru3e."
"Congratulations." returned Philip.
"You said that when you married I
might do so!"
His uncle frowned?the contingency i
had not occurred to him.
"Who is the lady?" ho demanded
evasively.
"Here she is?the translator of the
Tarka tablet."?New York News.
The Man, the Child and the Doll.
A stocky, pink-faced man who showed
for good living, was buying a doll. He
finally decided in favor of a foot-high
blonde dressed in pink silk and lace;
cost, $2.99. As he was about to hand
her to the clerk to be wrapped, he
noticed beside him a shabby bit of a
girl who was staring up at Miss Waxface
with open mouth and greedy eyes. !
She was such an intense-looking little |
body that ho said to her, with the
friendly familiarity that the rl?ht kind
of people generally use to children:
"Say, sis, you ought to know all
about doll babies. Do you think this
will suit my little girl i
The child answered that his little
girl would be sure to think it grand.
Indeed, she was so excitedly admiring
in her recommendation, that the man's
attention was fixed. He noticed that
her face was hungrily thin, and that
her faded clothes were too short at the
wrists and knees.
"So you think this doll is all right, !
eh?"
The child beamed at Miss Waxface I
with adoring eyes and gave a convinc- i
ing answer.
"That being the case, suppose you I
keep her"?and he put the doll in the
thin, little arms and deliberately
bought auother.?Washington Star.
Mlis InqaUitlve's Poser.
Arthur Dunn, comedian of "The Run- j
a ways," tells an amusing story of a
little girl with whose parents he be- j
came acquainted while crossing the j
Atlantic. The youngster, like most i
children, was fond of asking questions, '
a goodly percentage of which were of
an embarrassing nature.
"Mamma," she observed one day,
when the party was sunning itself on
the deck, "what would be the nationality
of a baby born at sea?"
"Why," replied the fond mater, "the j
nationality of its mother, of course,
dear."
"Yes," the tiny inquisitor insisted.
"But supposing its mother didn't
happen to be along? Supposing the
baby was traveling with its auutie?"
?New York Press.
Gen. Buller'a Hoise.
General Buller has had brought from
South Africa the horse that carried
him through the Boer war, and it will
spend the rest or its days at the general's
home, in Devonshire, Englanh.
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WOODMAN'S AX SUPPLANTED.
Compressed Air Now Hade to Tur
Forest Into Logs.
It is small wonder, says the Phils
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aeipnia ttecora, wun me uuuiuuo uui
millions of feet of lumber which ar
cut from the forests every year to b
manufactured into everything, from i
house to a newspaper, that the Gov
ernment has taken up seriously th
subject of the deforestation of th
country and attempted to enforce, ii
a small way at least, the replacing o
some portion of the trees with nev
plantings which shall serve future gen
erations. In continental Europe nearl;
every country has passed through thi
stage and reached the period in it
history where the forests are as wel
cared for as are the fortifications am
other government interests. A smal
army patrols the wooded areas, am
only certain portions of the forest
can be cut each year.
With us, however, the reforestatioi
of devastated areas is only an experi
ment as yet, and much more mone;
is spent every year in new machiner;
and devices for the rapid felling am
cutting of the trees than goes for plant
j ing new growths. In the illustratioi
will be seen one of the newest tools
which seems to displace the ax al
mrtcf- onKr*ilT7 in Wflftrtmiin's llflTldf
It is possible, with this new implf
ment and its accompanying apparatus
to fell a tree and cut it up into length
A MODEBN SAWTEH;
which can be hauled to the mill i
I much quicker time than can be don
with' the ax.
The compressor plant consists of
small engine, storage tank and ai
pump, fuel being obtained from th
waste debris of the forests. From th
storage reservoir any number of line
of hose may be led out in differen
directions, each ending in a cylinde
and piston to operate a large sa\^
These are mounted on a clampin
bracket to hold them in rigid connec
tion with the log, and the operator hu
only to press the valve lever to admi
air to the cylinder, guiding the sa\
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through the log. It is not difficult to
realize wliat a swatn one compressor
n and a dozen saws would cut in * . big
forest in a few weeks' time.
a A GOOD EXTENSION UDDEH.
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e A jointed ladder in three or four
a parts, or as many as desired. Tiie
. first section or bottom one is made
o 2 feet 6 inches wide, from outside to
Q outside, and 10 feet long; point both
a ends to prevent from slipping; rounds
f 1*? feet apart; begin to measure from
r top for rounds; allow 3 inches for slot
i- or crotch, then 13 inches, or as you
Y please, to the next round: let top round
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[I AN EXTENTION' LADDER*
' project from either side 2\\ inches for
* a shoulder for the next edition to rest
' on; put a bolt through each end, of 2x4,
s to prevent splitting. Second part?8
feet long, 2 feet wide, inside measure,
or same width from inside as the first
section is on top outside, so the second
part can slip down over the first part,
tetting the bracing part together; the
second part should be 2 feet outside
measure, allowance to be made at
both ends for crotch, and at either
. end a projecting round. The idea of
| the coupling part is this?the top secI
ftr?r* olino rlnnrn n vor flip linffnm fiflrf
wuu ~~T?r- v . j
until the crotch reaches the projecting
round of the bottom section; also the
bottom part comes in contact with the
first round of section above, as seen in
illustration below. You can have a
ladder, 10 feet long, 18 fe^t long, 24
feet long; or as long as you may want
it. and be easily handled. Ten feet,
' length of first ladder; (a) width at bottom,
2Yi feet; (b) width at top, 2 feet;
(e) slot to admit bottom round of sec*
_ ond part; (d) distance between slot and
n round, 16 inches, 8 feet length of sece
ond or third parts; (a) width at bottom
inside, 2 feet; (b) at top, 2 feet outside,
a ?St. Louis Republic.
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e Kerinlon.
e The late Pierre Lorillard figured that
s a gentleman couldn't live in New York
it on less than $1000 a day.
r But this was some years ago.
r. Tn the meantime flour, bacon, etc.. *
g have gone up. . 1
Should not the estimate be revised, '
s in justice to such as may contemplate
:t becoming gentlemen and taking up *
v their residence in New York??Life. '
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In plant forcing by electric light, a
foreign grower has found that red
globes produce greater intensity ol
color and yellow globes more delicate
co-lor.
. A darning machine, one wuieh wil
in ten minutes cover a hole that an in
dustrious woman could hardly fill ir
an hour, is a recently invented piece
of labor-saving apparatus.
Bees are attracted to flowers by the
bright colors. The experiments of Miss
J. Wrey, a Belgian naturalist, prove
that perfume has much loss attraction
and that honey has none at all.
Scopolamine, tlve new anaesthetic
from a Japanese plant, is administered
by hypodermic injection and induces ?
deep sleep for eight or nine hours. n
ia claimed to have absolutely no aftei
effects.
The arrival in London of a specimen
of the bird-eating spider calls renewei
attention to a little known insect thai
is more powerful than the famous Ta
rantula. It Is the largest spider known
and in its tropical South Amerioai
home it spins very formidable web!
for catching humming birds and finche:
instead of flies.
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Among the new industries that hav<
been developed by the exigencies ol
modern life, none is more surprising
than that of supplying human skin
Experiments in grafting to cover ex
tensive injuries have been so. success
ful that there is considerable demand
for live skin, and the London hospi
tals have long lists of men and womei
?not all of the very poor class?who
ipo roorfv tn kpII fhpir flesh when it is
wanted.
In a paper on "A Possible Espial
tion of the Formation of the Moon,'
read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh,
recently. Mr. G. Romanes
showed that there never had been sufficient
heat developed in the interior
of the moon by gravitational compression
to account for volcanic action or
Its surface; and Le explained how lunar
markings could be accounted foi
on his hypothesis by the impact ol
meteoric masses.
Zapon, the new preservative of papei
products of Dr. Schill, of Dresden, is
a solution of nitrated cellulose in some
expensive solvent, amyl acetate seeming
to be best adapted for paper in
sheets. When dipped in the solution
or brushed with it, the paper absorbs
the liquid, and on evaporation of the
solvent becomes coated with a thin
film, w^iich resists rain, sweat and
various fumes, as well as attacks
of mold and bacteria and bard usag<
Over the Phone in Nashville.
First Party?Please give me twentj
thousand and twenty?L.
Central (sotto voice)?Two double (
two 0?L?
First Party?Hold up a minute! Lei
me calculate that! Yes, that's abou;
right, I guess, and don't forget to pui
a period after tiie L.
Central mumbiee and coughs a few
Second Party?Hello!
First Party ?Is that two double C
two 0?L?
Second Party?This is twenty thou
sand and twenty?W. (Hangs up.)
First Party (after a reasonable lengtl
of time)?I want L, Central. Two dou
ble 0 two 0?L.
Central mumbles slightly.
Another Second Party?Hello!
First Party?Is that two double C
i wo 0?L?
Sccond Second Party?No, this is R.
Dni>tT7 /Ttrifh oniric T wnntpfl
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Second Second Party?Well, you can
go to It, as far a3 I am-concerned!
First Party (hanging up)?Oh, LI?
Nashville American.
Tile World's Irou Product.
Two-fifths of the raw iron produced in
:he world is mined in the United States,
i larger proportion than any other
country in the world. Great Britain
long held first place, but some years
ago -this country forced her into second
place, and now Germany has
crowded Great Britain to third place.
The production, which in 1901 was
59,940,000 tons, increased to 43,480,000
tons in 1902, and reached 45,480,000
:ons In 1903. The United States is
it the head with a production of 18.210,000
tons, against 17,820,000 in 1902
and 15,800,000 in 1901.
Germany produced 10.000,000 tons in
1903, compared with 8,400,000 tons in
1902 and 7,790,000 in 1901. England's
figures for the corresponding years
were 8.810,000 tons, 8,520,000 tons and
',850,000 tons.
The output of iron has increased in
Prance, Belgium and Spain, and has
decreased in Russia, Austria aud
Sweden.?New York World.
The Motto On the Shirt Waist.
A young woman who is fond of
prowling about the foreign quarters
ind displaying the bargains she picks
up there is wearing a quaint new shirt
waist printed in Oriental designs,
which has attracted the attention o?
aer friends. Their interest was increased
when she explained the designs
to them.
"I got it at a Syrian importer's in
Washington street," said she. "I
found the prettiest little Syrian girl
in there, who has been to the public
schools and can read both English
ind Arabic. SMe told me the charicters
on the piece of goods I bought
svere Arabic, and she translated them
'or me. The design means 'God is
yood and life is beautiful.' I thought
:hat was a good thing to bear in mind,
md so I made up my shirt waist so
;hat I have 'God is good and life is
jeautiful' printed twelve times over
:he front of me."?New York Press.
Mr. Rooaevtflt's Damp-Proof Library.
The new addition to President Roosevelt's
house at Sagamore Hill, accordng
to the terms of the contract, comirises
one large room. It Is to be a
lamp-proof library, the structure being
?f tile and brick. The work is being
>ushed rapidly forward.?Oyster Br.y
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; A law suit between two of the oldest
families in Spain has been in the
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uuune lui ooo all auuuuuwcj
ment has just been made by both
parties that the case will be finally set"
tied in the highest court in Spain in
J 1907.
A Waterville (Me.) naturalist says he
k once referred the question of the sudden
disappearance of gray squirrels at
| different times to the Smithsonian institution,
and the reply was that near
ly all the gray squirrels are migratory.
The flock may be in Maine this fall
t and in Tennessee the next.
| For the first time in history, it is
said, one of the pyramids has oeen
struck by lightning. The pyramid
struck has been that of'Khephren, and
the fact is another illustration of the
gradual change that is being brought
J about in the climate of Egypt by the
great dam at Assouan and the irrigation
works made possible since British
occupation of the Nile valley.
A special to the Chicago Inter-Ocean
relates that the bitterest school elec?
tion ever, known in the town of Shell
Rock, Iowa, resulted in the defeat of
the young men by the family men, the
: issue being whether school teachers
should be permitted to "keep com'
pany." The board had taken a posi'
tion against allowing teachers to have
beaus, on the ground that it inter'
fered with school work., The teachers
rebelled, and each side named their
candidates for directors,
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' The degreee to which the remaining
' senses can be trained when the sight is
lost was illustrated the other morning
by two blind men from the home at
I Thirty-sixth street and Lancaster avenue,
Philadelphia. The men came
I frAm AnnAoSfa /lirooHnna and 4a tliAV
approached each other a man stand.
ing on the corner was surprised to
hear one of the blind men say, 'Hello,
[ Ed; what are you doing out this morning?"
When the blind man was asked
. how he had known t&e other with a
, distance of five yards.between them he
answered: "By the sound of his cane,
of course. I can tell at the distance
. of half a square the tap of the cane
. of any man in the home."
A curious question has been stirring
Spanish feeling, and strong agitation
has only been avoided by popular cus.
torn being permitted to have its own
, way. The Cortez recently passed a
law ordaining general prohibition of
I Sunday labor. This law having been
. secured, opponents of the national pas|
time promptly sought its application
to bullfights, which almost always
take place on Sundays. Instantly there
.. arose an outburst of ;popular resent
ment, so strong that the Council of
) State took the matter into its own
hands and by a series of special plead.
ings concluded that the law does not
j apply to tauromachy, which is not a
t labor, but an art, ljke the drama.
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Colorado'# Soda Lake^
; One of the cpo^t ^markape dlgcoveries
ever made in the region is that
1 of a lake of liquid soda in the Inaccessible
desert between Crestone, Col., and
Hooper, in the San Luis Valley. The
lake is an acre and a quarter in ei1
tent and lies at the bottom of a little
basin valley in the desert. On its suri
face soda crystals have collected to a
depth of eighteen inches, the whole
lake having the appearance of a body
1 of ice with a hard snow covering.
a r(vf>nt examination bv the State
School of Mines sliows that these crystals
are thirty-seven per cent pure
soda, purer than most of the commer1
cial soda offered on the market. A
Denver man, E. M. Falke, has secured
a lease of the land containing the lake
and is now installing machinery which
will convert the native crystals iuto
I marketable form. There are 4000 tons i
I in sight.
The School of Mines experts say that 1
the soda i? a creation of feidspar. The j
granite masses of the Sangre de Cristo
range stand sentinel on two sides of ;
the little valley. The feldspar ii^ the j
granite) undergoing decomposition, col- :
lects in the lake basin, where it is held j
In check by an impervious0 clay, and j
proper conditions are furnished for
concentration and evaporation.?Chicago
Chronicle.
Infection by Radium.
In a recent communication to Nature
(London) A. S. Eve calls attention to
the danger of the unrestricted use of |
fadium and other radio-active sub- j
stances in physical laboratories, as i
these materials give off an emanation
which condenses .or collects on neighboring
objects and confers upon them
a secondary activity. This secondary
activity persist* for some -time, and,
as Mr. Eve found, may cause trouble
and annoyance to the experimenter.
Commenting on this the Electrical Review
says:
"It is probable that by this time a
great many of our physical laboratorI
ies are already infected, and for that I
I reason it will be difficult, if not impossible,
to conduct experimental work
of a certain class within them for
some time at least Work with these
materials should be conducted in special
buildings. When the material iteoif
i* l.-ont- in Hip nhvsical laboratory
it should be k?pt sealed up closely.
As the emanation which causes the
trouble seems to be a gas, sealing it in
a glass tube will retain it."
The Sickly Octoconarlan*.
They were neither of them brilliant
scholars, but they liked to move with
the times as regards their knowledge
of current events, so the daily newspaper
was regularly delivered at their
humble domici!-?, and it was Jennie's
duty to read out during breakfast time
all the most interesting items of the
day. One morning, after wading
through the latest intelligence from (lie
front, she turned to another page of the
paper and said:
41TT K:If Noma that ar?i"vt!lftr
neiUiC) it oajo UCJLU luat u uinuv**
octogenarian's dead."
"What's an octogenarian?"
"Well, I don't quite know what they
are, but they must be very sick creatures.
You never hear of them Tmt
they're dying."?Scottish American*
CARNEGIE HERO AWARDS^
''' i
First Disbursements From th?
$5,000,000 Fund. ':i ,j
Survivors of the Brockton Disaster Ge?
810,000 ? Medals and Money fom
Widows of Three Brave Men.
Pittsburg, Pa.?The Carnegie Her<t *
Commission met here and made th4
first awards provided for in the $5,000,000
fund created by Andrew Carnegie*
Nine persons were rewarded for brava
acts, sis of thi?m receiving bronze med
als and three silver medals. Three *
widows who lost their husbands while
the latter were performing acts ot
bravery received money.
The commission voted $10,000 to the
fund for the survivors of the Brocktom
(Mass.) shoe factory explosion. In
eluding the amount of money givea
survivors of heroes and for educational
purposes the board disposed of $12,200.
The contract for manufacturing th?
medals was awarded to a Philadelphia*
Arm. The commission has not yet decided
upon the design of the medals.
Siuce the establishment of the funA
on April 15, 405 cases hare been received.
Of this uumber 23) have beenr ' SB
refused as not within the scope of the
fund, 159 are awaiting investigation.
and nine have been granted. The persons
to whom medals were awarded*
and their acts of heroism, were as follows:
Louis A. Bauman. Jr., aged seven-*
teen, of Rodi, Allegheny County, Pa;,
received a bronze medal. On July 17,.
1904, while a number of boys were
swimming in Sulphur Pond Charles
Stevick jumped from a springboard j
into the pond and cried for help. Banman
dived three times for Stevick andfinally
draggedji^n to shore.
Lavlnia Steele, twenty-seven, oC
Iowa City. Iowa, got a bronze medal.
George E. Hill, of Burlington, and a;
party of young women went skating
on the Iowa River December 9, 1904.
The ice broke under Sill. Miss Steele*
secured an eight-foot pole and dragged
Hill out of the water, risking her life
on the thin ice.
Thomas H. McCann, thirty-two, of,
Portland, Me., saw Alfonso Sekosky,
aged eight, fall into the ocean from the
bridge Connecting Portland and South.;
Portland. McCann directed some boya,
to bring a boat around to him and:
dived into the ocean. Sekosky threw:
his arms around McCaun's neck, who
swam with him. The boat reached
him, and the boys took Sekosky from
McCann's grasp, but McCann weak- . ,'Jl
ened, sank back into the water and
was drowned. Cora McCann, tie
widow, gets a bronze medal and $500.
Gideon King Marshall, thirty-nine, of
Springdale, Allegheny County. Pa., lost'
his life going down into a gaseous well
to rescue Arthur Truby, a laborer who
had been overcome by gas. Sarah A.
Marshall, his widow, receives a silver
~ .11 V-ZriTi ssPP r> .1n/itif(?An/v
I mt'um auu lu [jaj uu a utui iga^w
I on her home.
On April 4, 1D04, Alexander Camer- .
on, twenty-seven years old, of Lindsay;
County, Ontario, saw George H.
Bryans, a boy,' fall into the Scugag
River. Cameron Jumped in after theboy,
caught him and swam ashore. He y
suffered from cold, exhaustion and nervous
shock. He was awarded a silver
medal.
Seymour J. Leightoa, a machinist,
lost his life July 4, 190i, on the Merri*
mac River, Lawrence, Mass., while
rescuing Mary Genevieve Kane and
Evelyn fcuss. The girls were in a ca- *
noe and, werg swept over a thirty-foot
Water fail". His widow received a _
hrniitfo mpilnl
John J. Healr, a hospital attendant
at Ellis Island, New York, was award*
ed a bronze medal for saving the life
of an immigrant girl who had jumped
into the bay.
Miss Ernestine P. Atwood, aged* seventeen,
of Melrose, Mass., was bathing
at North Weymouth, Mass.. when she
saw Harry M. 'Smith struggling in the
water and almost exhausted. She rescued
hira, and receives $500 for educational
purposes and a silver medal.
John J. Riley, aged lorty-four, receives
a bronze medal for saving August
Rolkera, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. from
drowning off the Iron Steamboat Com?yany's
pier at Coney Island.
MRS. LIVERMORE DEAD.
Noted Woman's Rights and Temper.
a nee Advocate Expires.
Boston, Mass.?Mrs. Mary A. Livermore,
well-known temperance advocateand
advocate of woman's suffrage.
died at her home on Jtumerson streer,
Melrose.
Her death was due to a weakness of
tiie heart, brought on by an attack of
bronchitis about two weeks ago. She
was unconscious for several hours before
the end. About her bedside werer
her daughter, Mrs. J. 0. Morris; her
granddaughter, Mrs. M. D, Barrows,
and Mrs. C. W. Boynton, her secretary,
who had been with Mrs. Livermor?
for many years.
PRESIDENT PAYS FOE HIS TRIP.
Colorado Railroads Get Their Sharer
For Pulling His Special Train.
Denver, Col.?The Colorado railroads
used by President Roosevelt In hist
recent trip through this State have received
money for the- service in accordance
with his policy not to acpept
favors from the railroads. The Penn- '
svlvania Railroad received a check covering
the expenses of the entire tour
and apportioned the money among the
nom-w nnrl Southern nnd thp Colorado
Midland roads which handled the Presidential
special while it was in this
State.
Father Gapon in Zurich.
Father Gapon. according to a special
cable dispatch from Berlin. Germany,
has arrived at Zurich, accompanied by
revolutionists from Warsaw and St,
Petersburg.
Ohio Republicans Meet.
Ohio Republicans met in State convention
at Columbus.
Russian Liberals Hit Moscow.
The Liberals have established na
iionai neauquariors ai .viost-uw, l^ussiu.
Prominent People.
The Emperor of Germany takes bis
nioals with his whole family.
The? Sultan of Turkey l;as decided
to introduce a Japanese room into his
palace at Constantinople.
\Y. II. Hearst, of New York, purchased
the Cosmopolitan Magazine
from John Brisben Walker.
King Christian of Denmark, who recently
entered his eighty-eighth year.
is me o:uesi luug iu jMiruiu\
Some of the Czar's children are free
of speech, unfettered of action anil
fully appreciative of their exalted
rank.
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